Republican Senator Who Voted No On $21 Billion In Vet Aid Further Infuriates Veterans Groups
Click here for reuse options!Calling Burr’s letter a “monumental cheap shot” and a “disgusting ambush style of politics,” Veterans of Foreign Wars’ commander in chief William A. Thien and John E. Hamilton, the adjutant general, said on Monday that Burr should be ashamed of his conduct.
“Senator, this is clearly one of the most dishonorable and grossly inappropriate acts that we’ve witnessed in more than forty years of involvement with the veteran community and breaches the standards of the United States Senate. Your allegations are ugly and mean-spirited in every sense of the words and are profoundly wrong, both logically and morally. Quite frankly Senator, you should be ashamed,” Thien and Hamilton wrote.
In the open letter on Friday, Burr said that aside from the American Legion, which called for Shinseki’s resignation early this month after reports surfaced of veterans dying while on wait lists at VA hospitals, other veterans’ groups seemed “more interested in defending the status quo within the V.A., protecting their relationships with the agency, and securing access to the secretary and his inner circle.”
“Last week’s hearing made it clear to me that the (veterans’ groups executive) staff has ignored the constant VA problems expressed by their members and is more interested in their own livelihoods and Washington connections than they are to the needs of their own members,” Burr wrote.
Paralyzed Veterans of America National President Bill Lawson and Executive Director Homer Townsend Jr. wrote that Burr represents “the worst of politics in this country.”
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8 responses to Republican Senator Who Voted No On $21 Billion In Vet Aid Further Infuriates Veterans Groups
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Obewon May 27th, 2014 at 19:29
What has the GOP ever done to fund the VA’s $2T Iraq War Bills? Even John Mc’Cain famously voted against his own VA funding. GOP Iraq War cost $4 T Plus VA $2 T= “Iraq war cost: $6 trillion” http://articles.latimes.com/2013/mar/18/business/la-fi-mo-iraq-war-cost-20130318
Nobody informed derides Shinseki’s VA accomplishments decreasing appointment wait time at VA medical facilities handling 236,000 appointments each day, enrolling 2 million new veterans in VA’s health care system, a 24% reduction in veteran homelessness, and adding more than 1 million veterans or eligible family members now receiving education benefits, while vowing to meet his goal of ending a backlog in disability claims by 2015. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/05/22/shinseki-va-delays-care-veterans/9457059/
Obewon May 27th, 2014 at 19:29
What has the GOP ever done to fund the VA’s $2T Iraq War Bills? Even John Mc’Cain famously voted against his own VA funding. GOP Iraq War cost $4 T Plus VA $2 T= “Iraq war cost: $6 trillion” http://articles.latimes.com/2013/mar/18/business/la-fi-mo-iraq-war-cost-20130318
Nobody informed derides Shinseki’s VA accomplishments decreasing appointment wait time at VA medical facilities handling 236,000 appointments each day, enrolling 2 million new veterans in VA’s health care system, a 24% reduction in veteran homelessness, and adding more than 1 million veterans or eligible family members now receiving education benefits, while vowing to meet his goal of ending a backlog in disability claims by 2015. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/05/22/shinseki-va-delays-care-veterans/9457059/
DetroitSam May 27th, 2014 at 21:51
Still waiting for the answer to the question of why the veterans continue to vote republican?
DetroitSam May 27th, 2014 at 21:51
Still waiting for the answer to the question of why the veterans continue to vote republican?
Bunya May 28th, 2014 at 14:41
Wow. Blaming veterans for not doing enough to help themselves. Richard Burr is a turd – my apologies to turds everywhere.
Bunya May 28th, 2014 at 14:41
Wow. Blaming veterans for not doing enough to help themselves. Richard Burr is a turd – my apologies to turds everywhere.
Shartiblartfat June 16th, 2014 at 09:30
There is a reason I never joined ANY veteran’s service groups when I got out in 1970. They hated Viet-vets because many of us were starting to question the validity of the Vietnam War. By the time the traditional veteran’s service groups realized their WW1, WW2, and Korean War vets were fading away, I was long gone.
Fortunately I was able to hook up with an actual VA Representative assigned to my college at the time. He caused checks to come, disability claims to happen, and many wonderful things. Also a sympathetic ear and FREE coffee.
Shartiblartfat June 16th, 2014 at 09:30
There is a reason I never joined ANY veteran’s service groups when I got out in 1970. They hated Viet-vets because many of us were starting to question the validity of the Vietnam War. By the time the traditional veteran’s service groups realized their WW1, WW2, and Korean War vets were fading away, I was long gone.
Fortunately I was able to hook up with an actual VA Representative assigned to my college at the time. He caused checks to come, disability claims to happen, and many wonderful things. Also a sympathetic ear and FREE coffee.