The founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, the first veterans’ organization for post-9/11 troops, has a new mission: recruiting politically independent former service members to run for public office.
Paul Rieckhoff, a former Army infantry officer and veterans activist who established IAVA in 2004, announced the creation Tuesday of Independent Veterans of America, or IVA, a nonprofit aimed at recruiting veterans who are registered as independents or are unaffiliated with an established political party and getting them elected.
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