skippy the bush kangaroo

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

state of the onion

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iava, the iraq and afghanistan veterans association, issued this statement after awol's sotu:

"tonight president bush once again failed to demonstrate a real commitment to the 1.6 million new american veterans who have been created under his watch," said paul rieckhoff, an iraq war veteran and the executive director of iava (www.iava.org). "for the second year in a row, the president in his state of the union address chose to mention the troops only as a prop for his failing policies and ignored the nation's new veterans entirely."

"over the past four years, this country has watched its men and women in uniform answer the call to duty over and over again, yet somehow today these new veterans are still faced with a drastically under-funded veterans' administration and an outdated gi bill. it's time to reward our troops' sacrifices with more than just bureaucratic hassles and token gestures."

"mr. president, this nation's new veterans and this new congress will together rewrite the book on our approach to veterans' services, and we'll do it with or without your help," rieckhoff said. "tonight you demonstrated your willingness to send more troops into harms way. a demonstration of your commitment to preserving this nation's promise to its veterans is long overdue."
posted by skippy at 7:24 PM |

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