Senator accuses Bush of paying lip service to vets' needs

Source: Associated Press

A Democratic senator on Saturday accused President Bush of "hollow talk" in support of U.S. troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, and said the Bush administration has not done nearly enough to provide veterans with the care they need.

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, said, "The president can call on Democrats to follow him in lockstep all he wants, but when it comes to caring for our veterans, we are not about to start taking advice from George Bush."

Bush scolded Democrats on Thursday for combining spending bills for defense and veterans programs with one for labor, health and education matters. Republicans consider the bill bloated.

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Murray, delivering the Democrats' weekly radio address, accused Bush of underfunding the Veterans Affairs Department and said thousands of troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are "stuck in a bureaucratic nightmare" and aren't getting the health care they need.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/03/dems.radio.ap/index.html?section=cnn_latest

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Murray, In Democratic Radio Address, Calls On President to Ensure Veterans Get the Care They Deserve
http://www.dnc.org/a/2007/11/murray_in_democ.php

:sarcasm:

Want to talk about "hollow talk"? Supporting America's torture policy by supporting a man who will give legal cover for Bush's war crimes harms the troops. Not to mention nothing has been done to stop the torture since Bush began his so-called "enhanced interrogation" program in March of 2002.

Oh, and if Congress would call a war of aggression a war of aggression , and cease being complicit to it, the troops could be withdrawn from Iraq, which would help prevent more wounded vets in America's war of aggression against Iraq, and free up money to help the others.


Just saying

but what do I know...I'm just a military spouse who is sick and tired of all the bullshit "support" government is offering up

"He doesn't have the capacity to care about them".
Exactly.

...I posted something about that at this link: <http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=2189210&mesg_id=2189210>