Barack Obama Calls for Better Veterans Services

[Ethelk2044]

By Philip Elliott, Associated Press

LITTLETON, N.H. - (AP) Though he said Memorial Day shouldn't be politicized, Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama used a visit to a war monument Monday to repeat his call for better services for veterans.

Obama, campaigning in the first-in-the-nation primary state with his wife and daughters, laid a wreath at a war monument before attending a town hall-style meeting.

"This is a day on which we reflect on those who have fallen and reflect on the sacrifices they have made for all of us," Obama said, talking with reporters after the brief ceremony. "This is a great day to think about what we're doing on behalf of our veterans, and what we're not doing on behalf of our veterans."

Obama also responded to news that the American ambassador to Iraq had held extensive talks with his Iranian counterpart Monday to discuss Iraq's future

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[Kagemusha]

1. Again I make this point: it's sick that better services for veterans is "politics"

and partisan politics at that.

When did health services for veterans cease to be a Republican issue too? When!?

[Ethelk2044]

2. Republicans are in power yet Walter Reed Happened

Any more questions. Soldiers are not being provided for. They are becoming homeless. it would be different if the republican party took are of these issues within the last 6 years they have not. All Senators should be pushing for better benefits for Veterans.