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VFW Calls Simpson Comment Irresponsible
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2, 2010 - The nation's largest organization of combat veterans is taking strong issue with a comment made by the Republican co-chairman of a presidential commission on fiscal responsibility and reform, who suggested that benefits provided to disabled military veterans are partly responsible for the nation's financial crisis.
On Tuesday, former three-term U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson of Wyoming said "The irony [is] that the veterans who saved this country are now, in a way, not helping us to save the country in this fiscal mess."
"The only polite way to respond is to call his comment totally irresponsible and potentially detrimental to the great programs and services our nation now provides to her disabled veterans," said Richard L. Eubank, the new national commander of the 2.1 million-member Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. and its Auxiliaries.
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VA Clears Final Hurdle For New Agent Orange Presumptive Claims
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31, 2010 — The new national commander of the 2.1 million-member Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. and its Auxiliaries is saluting the Department of Veterans Affairs for making it easier for Vietnam veterans suffering from illnesses related to Agent Orange exposure to receive the healthcare and benefits they earned and deserve. Today's publishing of a final regulation in the Federal Register could see disability checks being issued for three new illnesses by the end of October.
"This move by the VA is very significant for Vietnam veterans," said Richard L. Eubank, a Vietnam veteran and retired Marine from Eugene, Ore., who last Thursday was elected to lead America's largest combat veterans' organization. "Scientific research is validating what the veterans' community has been saying for decades — that Agent Orange exposure made people sick. By accepting those findings, the VA is telling veterans that 'We believe you,' which is exactly the level of trust that we want."
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