Last night we also went to the Armed Forces Foundation Congressional Gala at the Reagan Building. Sponsor NASCAR sent champion driver Kurt Busch, fresh off his win at Martinsville. We snapped him flanked by Washington Free Beacon’s Ellison Barber and Town Hall/FOX’s Katie Pavlich.
The event hosted hundreds, including wounded service members and their families from Walter Reed and Fort Belvoir's Warrior Transition Brigade. Here, comedian Ron White is flanked by Dr. Maryam Navaie, Ron’s wife recording artist Margot Rey who sang the National Anthem, and by Mrs. Eastern States International Amber Wandtke and DC Mental Health Dept’s Dr. Elspeth Cameron Ritchie.
The Armed Forces Foundation supports active-duty military personnel, National Guardsmen, reservists, military families, and vets. Here, its prez Patricia Driscoll with Growth Energy CEO Tom Bius, Bryce Jones and Conestoga Energy CEO Tom Wallace.
AFF donates 95 cents of every dollar raised to benefit service members and their families; since 2001, It’s provided $75 million. Here, AFF’s Humanitarian of the Year Awardee, country music recording artist Justin Moore (up for ACM Best New Artist) is flanked by BG Jeff Clark and his wife Sue, and by Col. Kevin Hicks and his wife Christie.
