On November 6th, Americans will have the opportunity to exercisewww.fvap.gov Every day, your efforts make this country safer and its people more
This Election Day I encourage you and your family to play an important
Thank you.
secure. You have more than earned the right to vote. So please
participate in the democratic process that sustains the blessings of
liberty that we work so hard to protect.
part in our great democracy. Your vote will help determine the future
of our nation, and the future of a government of, by, and for all
people.
This message is different than the ambivalent message on voting sent by General Dempsey.
Secretary of Defense Panetta on military voting
Message on Importance of Voting
As Delivered by Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta, The Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Thursday, October 04, 2012