A Message From Our Executive Director Carrie Filipetti:

I will always have a hole in my heart from September 11, 2001. I was 12, and safe in my school in suburban New York when it happened. The significance of the day for me, at least at first, was marked only by the unusual frequency with which peers were being pulled out of school. It wasn’t until I got home that I understood what had happened…

On this day, The Vandenberg Coalition joins the rest of the nation in mourning the loss of our brave servicemembers at the Abbey Gate terrorist attack on August 26, 2021. Today and every day, we strive to honor their and their families’ sacrifice, bravery, and commitment to service.

The Vandenberg Coalition is proud to have commissioned an amicus brief filed in the U.S. DC Court of Appeals case of TikTok Inc. and ByteDance v Merrick Garland. The brief, which is in support of the U.S. government’s effort against TikTok’s attempt to challenge…