Friday, May 02, 2008

Shafting The Troops, Part ?

God, I've used this headline so much I have no idea what "part" it actually is, and that speaks mountains, too. What is going to take for this country to do the right thing by its veterans? I'm frustrated and angry about this on-going, never-ending, raging incompetence in government and its enablers in the media and in the public. Enough! Demand that Congress and the President do the right thing. Fund the veterans!



Audit: Vets with brain injury still not getting proper care - Yahoo! News
WASHINGTON - Many Iraq war veterans with traumatic brain injury are not getting adequate health care and job assistance for their long-term recovery despite years of government pledges to do so, Veterans Affairs Department investigators say.

"Significant needs remain unmet," according to the report released Thursday by the VA's inspector general. It is the first to examine the Bush administration's long-term efforts in supporting veterans with traumatic brain injury, a leading problem among soldiers struck by roadside bombs that often causes lasting emotional and behavioral difficulties....

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