The American Legion Dispatch [September 22, 2006]

Every Second Counts: Bush, Rice, Rumsfeld speak to Legion -- Legislative: Morin lays out recommendations for VA funding -- Commander's Message: Back to the basics -- Ornament sales to benefit Legion Legacy scholarship -- National Adjutant's Message: Small but proud, Patriotic Nebraska town constructs $500,000 veterans memorial -- Pin program goes "Back to Basics" -- Lincoln Mercury continues Legion family discount -- From the Brink to the Championship: Metairie, La., comes through losers' bracket to win 80th American Legion World Series -- Roster for a New Legion Year -- Morin: Gulf War Syndrome media reports "misleading" -- Fiscal 2007 appropriations cycle slows