Barack Obama Attacks Republicans Over Failure of Veterans Jobs Bill...

maybe he'll enjoy returning to the job of House Minority Leader.

No, I think they just voted against it, because Obama was for it!! Reprehensible pieces of shit!!

Any bill that would put Obama in a favorable light must be trashed -- regardless of the interests of the people.

Massive amounts of workers when they knew Obama was to be our next President! Their mentality was they wasn't going to let a black man tell them what to do...so they closed up shop just to show us who was boss and to make us suffer for voting in a black man. Even McCain has made comments publicly about how he didn't want to so anything to make the President look good! What kind of bullshit is that?? I say it's a conspiracy

I'm not convinced that Law enforcement is the best choice after what these guys have been through.

Hopefully psychological screening is a large part of what they do.

that like other law enforcement jobs they would have to go through certain tests and meet specific criteria before getting into those positions. I think that is what the training portion of the bill would do.

hopefully you dont realize it, but you did. Somehow we are "unqualified" to be law enforcement?

I daresay I am more qualified than many officers I know, BECAUSE of my iraq deployment.

Another facet is, many jobs in the Army(I can speak only for the army) do not translate well into the civilian world. Law enforcement is one of those that has potential.

The stigma about PTSD, which affects not just the military, but emergency services as well. Most with experience have experienced issues with PTSD from mild to severe and ES workers have been proactively dealing with the effects responding to traumatic scenes with things like mandatory PTSD debriefings since the early 90's that I'm aware of. I'm not about stigmatizing anyone, but I do have first hand experience with the effects of dealing with traumatic episodes. Unlike the cop in the classic seatbelt commercial, I have unbuckled dead people, and people barely living to learn later they coded in flight and were beyond the capability of our rescue systems.

Or, is it the issue of the militarization of our police forces? What combat skills are you referring to that translate well into a civilian police force?

usually it was pretty easy to overcome. IMHO, not any more than the incoming trainees...just without the maturity and discipline.

on the job than on writing reports.

The GOP dropped the ball and fumbled when they did not support the Veterans Job Bill.

Very sad day for us Veterans.

We are the ones who sacrifice for our Country.

The President is correct in his comments.

know what the Gop is doing against veterans, so they can vote them out. They don't want Obama to get credit, only blame for what they the Gop are doing. Spread it far and wide to the vets, we need to get tea party out of congress.

All of the time and energy and money that goes into the process is lost when they play their childish games.

It's as though they sit and watch a Democrat stack up dominoes just so, Dems even going so far as placing some pieces in a way that is a compromise between the parties just to have the Republicans kick them all down and declare they're going to do it their own way.

Every time they've done that to a bill taxpayers pay twice. It's like they're Halliburton of Congress.

That's why Obama said we can't change Washington from the inside. Think about it. We put him there. Against all the odds. But he needs our help. The Republican congress did not do anything for the last two years. And we have seen the consequences of their agenda. The fiscal cliff. They still have not approved the Farm Aid bill. The Republican Senate voting down jobs for Veterans. A lot of good has come from the Obama Administration. More than the Bush years and certainly more than we could expect from Romney.

If we capture some seats in the house and senate this year, a strong message will be sent to the conservative party. Time to get to work. I am a liberal, but don't want to pass all liberal laws. We need a balance. The TRUE Republican party balances us out. That is what makes us Americans. But voting straight down party lines will be effective for two reasons. one is to root out the Tea Party. The started out a a real movement for change, but big money got involved with them. Not a real movement anymore. And I actually can't stand them. Two, we send a message to big money.

We are not as unaware as they think we are. We the people have so much technology at our disposal to inform each other. WE can fact check by ourselves. We can become so much more aware of what is going on in the world. Not only rely on one TV station or one new website. We can research information on our own. With this kind of power...INFORMATION. We can make better decisions. Please pay attention and spread the word. I don't know you and you don't know me. But I think as a whole must Americans have good values. We don't have to be best of friends, but believe me we all want the best for ourselves and others. I you took the time to read this. Thank you.

@emeraldclouds7

Ironically, it's been the Republicans who are responsible for curtailing Obama's ability to represent the interests of all the people -- not just those who voted for him.

The media seems to have boought into this narrative that Congressional Republicans are not responsible for their obstructionism. The 112th congress has been the worse in decades, yet Boehner is rarely blamed for his inability to broker any deals to pass legislation that would help the country. He is the Speaker for goodness sakes.

He thinks Obama is trying to cut his pay and benefits.

This is exactly the kind of stuff the Dems need to be hammering, over and over again.