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MAGNUM Brings On Board Another Military Migraine Advisor

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WASHINGTON, DC; August 31th, 2008- MAGNUM issued our Defending the Military Migraineur (DMM) Report to key members of the United States Senate Arms Committee after spending years trying to assist active duty military personnel and veterans disabled by Migraine disease. Terri Burchfield, our Legislative Director, Susan Denny our Information Services Director, and Michael John Coleman our Executive Director drove to Capitol Hill right after 911. They had to stop the car every other block to be checked by police, some officers armed with machine guns, on their way to the first meeting with then Senate Arms Chairman Senator John Warner (R-VA).


"I have lived in the Washington, DC area my whole life and it was the first time I recall seeing the police carrying submachine guns on Capitol Hill. It looked like something out of a bad movie, at that point more than any airport screening did the terrorist reach out and touch your soul. Here we are carrying in our suitcase MAGNUM's DMM Migraine report to present to the Congress to help those serving who struggle with Migraine. All I could think about was they might blow off our military health concerns due more important terrorist tasks at hand. How ironic Osama bin Laden gets away with more suffering as the nation's business is set aside to focus on stopping him and is cohort." Remarked Michael John Coleman about that meeting with Senator's Warner's office back in 2002.

 

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