Here is a (very brief) video clip of Gary speaking at the AARP Inspire Awards on December 3rd, and the AARP The Magazine write up about him can be found here.
The Military Officers Association of America recognized Gary Sinise, the DuPont company and six other people for their support of the military, during the association’s 10th annual awards ceremony in Washington, D. C. on Wednesday night. Congratulations to Gary and all the recipients.
Read more about the event in the following articles:
Gary talked with Andrea Roane of WUSA Channel 9 earlier today about Fisher House and the Lt. Dan Band concert Saturday at the Washington Auto Show to raise funds for that organization. He also talked briefly about OIC. Video of that interview is on-line here.
Photo from www.wusa9.com
Note: Not sure how long the video will be available so check it out soon.
From C-Span.org: Actor Gary Sinise discusses the building of the American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial. The actor, who played a disabled soldier in “Forrest Gump,” is the National Spokesman for the project. During his National Press Club appearance, Mr. Sinise describes the campaign to raise $65 million for the memorial. Click here to view C-Span coverage of Gary’s National Press Club appearance.
Also, read today’s America Supports You article with comments from Gary as spokesperson for the Disabled Veterans Life Memorial Foundation here.
On Friday, November 10th Gary and his Lt. Dan Band performed a benefit concert for Operation Iraqi Children at the Uptown Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri.
And we have to love You Tube. Here’s a snippet of Gary with his heartfelt words to the U.S. troops on stage that night:
If anyone was at the show, feel free to share with us what a great time you had!
If you missed Gary’s recent appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman or simply must enjoy his Katharine Hepburn impression a few more times, see the entire segment online here:
Note: Gary does discuss an upcoming episode of CSI NY and the surprise headed Mac’s way. If you’ve effectively avoided the chatter about it thus far, you’ll want to skip this video until a later time.
Lt. Dan Band “America Supports You” Salute Performance Video On-line
The Pentagon Channel has the video available on-line of the entire Lt. Dan Band performance at the American Supports You Salute concert held on Friday, May 5th.
There is a brief introduction by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and a few words from Gary about his recent trip to Afghanistan. After that, enjoy Gary and the Lt. Dan Band as they perform a wide variety of songs including the theme song from CSI:NY “Baba O’Riley.”
A special thank you to the folks at the Pentagon for making this video available for servicemembers and fans around the world to enjoy!
Update 05/18/06: To see the video of this performance, use the search feature at Pentagon Channel.
Gary Sinise Appears on ABC Voices: a Weekly Feature on ‘This Week’
On January 22nd, Gary appeared on the “Voices” segment of ABC “This Week”. Gary talked about travelling to Iraq, founding Operation Iraqi Children and his connection and commitment to the troops.This Week transcript and link to video
American Film Renaissance - “An Afternoon With Gary Sinise”
There are both video and audio clips to enjoy from Gary’s appearance at the American Film Renaissance Festival that took place on January 14th in Hollywood.The AFR site has links to video coverage of the festival by Pajama Media and audio coverage by John Ziegler and some very nice photos of Gary taken at the event.
On January 13th, Gary was interviewed on Fox News’ Hannity and Colmes. In addition to serious comments about supporting the troops and Operation Iraqi Children, there was some good natured banter between Gary and the hosts. Here is a link to a partial transcript and video.
If you missed Gary’s segments on CSB Early Show this week, read full transcript of his interview HereRead accompanying article: Gary Sinise’s Gift to Iraq
Video of interview (click Early Show and scroll down to find Gary’s segment): Here