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NAGE Member Recounts Visit with President Obama at White House

December 30, 2009

Nancy Fichtner is member of NAGE Local R14-77 and is a Fiscal Program Support Clerk at the Grand Junction, Colorado Veterans Affairs Medical Center. She was the winner of the first annual SAVE Award, and was invited to meet President Obama at the White House on December 21, 2009. She recounts her visit below.

My invitation to the White House became the adventure of my life. I felt like a character out of the Mrs. Pollifax books. With DC airports shutting down and December 21st being declared a snow day for Federal employees we had our challenges, but everyone pulled together and come Monday morning my children and I had an opportunity to meet President Obama and Secretary Shinseki. more >>

Watch a video of Ms. Fichtner's visit