With Honor Action is a - 501(c)4 nonprofit in the United States, led by military veterans that focuses on promoting and advancing principled veteran leadership in order to reduce political polarization. With Honor Action's mission is to promote and advance principled, veteran leadership in public service through education/advocacy programs, grants, and charitable contributions.

History

Rye Barcott,

David Gergen David Richmond Gergen (born May 9, 1942) is an American political commentator and former presidential adviser who served during the administrations of Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton. He is currently a senior political ...

, Peter Dixon, and other veterans co-founded With Honor Action in early 2017 to support principled military veterans elected to Congress and helps amplify their cross-partisan agenda that finds solutions for the American people.

Pledge

With Honor Action believes veterans should abide by The With Honor Pledge to put principles before politics, and lead with civility, integrity, and courage, including the courage to take specific actions like meeting with someone from another party at least once a month and sponsoring legislation with a member of another party at least once a year.

Advisors and partners

With Honor Action's advisory board includes post-9/11 veterans and Gold Star family members among other national leaders including Secretary George Shultz, Secretary Robert Gates, Admiral Michael Mullen,

Michèle Flournoy Michèle Angélique Flournoy (, born December 14, 1960) is an American defense policy advisor and former government official. She was Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy under President Bill Clinton and Under Secretary of Defense ...

, Chris Howard, Ryan Manion, and Medal of Honor recipient

Florent Groberg Florent Ahmed Groberg (born May 8, 1983) is a French-American soldier, retired United States Army officer and civilian employee of the United States Department of Defense. Born in France to an American father and Algerian mother, he became a natu ...

. With Honor Action is partnered with th
U.S. Competitiveness Project
which is led by the office of

Michael Porter Michael Eugene Porter (born May 23, 1947) is an American academic known for his theories on economics, business strategy, and social causes. He is the Bishop William Lawrence University Professor at Harvard Business School, and he was one of t ...

. The project has identified the polarization of U.S. political institutions as one of the top strategic threats to U.S. economic competitiveness. In a 2017 report, Why Competition in the Politics Industry is Failing America,

and

Katherine Gehl Katherine M. Gehl (born 1966) is an American businesswoman and published author. She was the president and CEO of her family-owned company, Gehl Foods, Inc. She served as a member of the board of directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corp ...

wrote: "Politics in America is not a hopeless problem, though it is easy to feel this way given what we experience and read about every day. There are promising reforms already gaining traction including important elements of the strategy we propose. It is up to us as citizens to recapture our democracy—it will not be self-correcting."

Press

With Honor Action has garnered significant attention from ''

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, and other major media outlets. Through its bipartisan advocacy work, With Honor Action supported efforts to reduce the tax burden on Gold Star families – families who have lost a loved one in military service – as reported by ''

'' and '' The Hill'' and to expand national service programs like

AmeriCorps AmeriCorps (officially the Corporation for National and Community Service or CNCS) is an independent agency of the United States government that engages more than five million Americans in service through a variety of stipended volunteer work prog ...

as reported by the ''

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'' and

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, among other work.

References

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