- Date:2017-06-15
- Department:Department of Veterans Service and Assistance
VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) Commander-in-Chief Brian Duffy and Director of the National Veterans Service Ryan Gallucci have just completed their annual visit to Taiwan at the invitation of the Minister of the R.O.C. Veterans Affairs Council (VAC) Adm. Lee Hsying-jow.
The VFW leaders visited President Tsai Ing-wen at the Presidential Office. They also visited VAC for a briefing, and several VAC’s subsidiaries such as Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taoyuan Training Center, Taipei Veterans Home.
President Tsai noted that VFW has been a strong supporter of Taiwan for decades, and each year, leaders from the VAC and VFW exchange information on veterans' affairs, national defense and foreign relations. President Tsai thanked the visitors for the latest VFW National Resolution on Taiwan, in which VFW recognized that the Republic of China is a long-time friend, ally, and a strategic partner of the United States and support the sale of state-of-the-art military equipment, weapons and technology to maintain an adequate defense capability.
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