While only one day of the year is dedicated solely to honoring our veterans, Americans must never forget the sacrifices that many of our fellow countrymen have made to defend our country and protect our freedoms.
Our disabled veterans earned their benefits by serving our great nation, and we must protect them and their families, especially during financial hardship.
The notion that war forever separates veterans from the rest of mankind has been long embedded in our collective consciousness.
I come from a district where the veterans are not the richest in the country.
As governor, I will run an administration prioritizing veterans, and that means getting them actual results.
Most veterans detested training camp, but not me. I loved having a dorm room and a little fridge with snacks, and I looked forward to goofing around in the meetings.
Oklahomans value our children and our seniors. Oklahomans value traditions of faith. Oklahomans value our heroes, our veterans. Oklahomans value innovation and the creative arts.
I grew up knowing my grandfather had served our country for decades in the Navy, buried in his whites in Arlington; I have family members who are veterans.
When you run for president of the United States, everybody does the same thing in the campaign-they talk about veterans, how much they admire them, how grateful they are.
What I want veterans to know is that VA is here to care for them. VA is a good system – health care wise, safety wise – highly comparable to any other system out there. Our oversight reviews tell us that. I’m very comfortable in the quality of our system.
While President Bush’s tax give-aways for the rich are pushing us further into debt, he compensates by increasing the out-of-pocket costs to our veterans.
It’s simple – veterans have received some of the best training available and want to contribute after they return to civilian life. The emergency medical training they get during their military service is in dire need.
For our veterans to have to wait long periods of time to receive care is not only unacceptable to us, but to elected officials as well.
The VA MISSION Act signed into law by President Trump will do a great deal to improve access to health care for rural veterans but it will require vigilance to ensure we provide annual appropriations needed to implement it.
Our veterans only deserve the highest standard of health care quality.
I have a cousin who is a spiritual advisor for Native veterans in Canada, so I’m very familiar with the history of Natives in the military. And growing up as an American Indian myself, the story of Ira Hayes is one that is often told.
What we need is a program in South Jersey that allows local veterans to go to doctor’s offices and hospitals here in our region to get treatment.
Our veterans deserve nothing less than the best care. Period.
