Veterans For (Fill in the Blank) Continued

This is my continuing coverage of the proliferation of Veterans and Military Family groups rallying around their favorite candidates. It is meant to be informative, provide links for comparison - YOU COMPARE - YOU DECIDE.

  Hillary Clinton has a long history of fighting for our Veterans and will work to ensure our country fulfills its obligations to those who have served and sacrificed for the nation. As a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Hillary has championed legislation to improve the lives of our veterans and their families. She worked to provide access to TRICARE for National Guard and Reserve members. She authored the Heroes at Home Act that will begin to help service members struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury. She worked with others in the Senate to pass legislation to increase the military survivor benefit from $12,000 to $100,000.

As president, she will honor three fundamental commitments: First, every member of our armed forces will receive a fair shot at the American dream when their service is over. Second, every veteran in America will have health care. Third, every veteran will receive the benefits they have earned and the assistance they need - right from the start

Hillary’s Veterans Platform [< Link]

- Enact a GI Bill of Rights for the Twenty-First Century. 

[Link>>] HILLARY’S VETERANS AND MILITARY FAMILIES: Speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Initiatives and Fact Sheets Supporting Veterans and Families

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Fred Thompson campaign on VETERANS

Note: Despite a caveat at the bottom of their website that says, “NOT AUTHORIZED OR PAID FOR BY ANY CANDIDATE, COMMITTEE OR CAMPAIGN,” Vets For Fred is endorsed, recognized, and linked to the Thompson campaign.  Regardless, Vets4Fred 2008 ‘is’ part of the Fred Thompson for President official campaign. Criteria I use in posting impartial info on Veteran and Military Family groups or organizations rallying around a candidate are that group must be recognized officially by that candidate’s campaign. A Vet and Mil. Family group supporting a candidate must have a recognizable Veterans and Military Families Issue Platform that specifies what the candidate will do for Veterans and Military Families NOT how a support group loves their candidate. That is not an issue platform but cheer leading section. Send me a comprehensive Veteran and Military Families Platform and I will post it. Major Robert L. Hanafin, U.S. Air Force-Retired

Major Robert L. Hanafin, U.S. Air Force-Retired

About the Author:  Robert (Bobby) L. Hanafin, Major, U.S. Air Force-Retired, is a member of Veterans for America (VFA), Veterans for Common Sense (VCS), Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW), Military Families Speak Out (MFSO), Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW), and writes for Our Troops Ladder.