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09.01.2009 5:55 pm

VA provides excellent care

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Regarding Steve Cockerham’s letter about the Veteran’s Administration and how it forshadows what will happen with a public health option. I could not disagree more.

I receive excellent care at the St. Louis VA hospitals. The hospitals are clean and though…

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07.02.2009 5:36 pm

Helath care reform? Start with the veterans

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
On July 1, 2009, in a ceremony held before the Cardinal baseball game, Segs4Vets presented veterans from the military Segway devices to assist them with their injuries suffered in Iraq or Afghanistan. These veterans have suffered the loss of arms,…
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10.22.2008 6:12 pm

Troops need a commander in chief who supports them before, during and after deployment

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

I am writing to comment on another example of Senator John Sidney McCain III’s betrayal of the troops.
According to a story in Army Times, Senator John Sidney McCain III has been given a “D” on his support of veterans. Iraq…

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08.13.2008 3:28 pm

Veterans for Obama: Why I joined

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

I joined the U.S. Army straight out of high school. After my graduation I went to basic training at Fort Leonard Wood. My military service saw me through college, opening doors that would have been otherwise closed and I was…

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08.03.2008 11:20 am

McCain’s voting record belies his claim to support our troops

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

In his most recent attack ad, John McCain claims that Barack Obama doesn’t support the men and women of the U.S. military. The ad also claims that “John McCain is always there for our troops.” But McCain’s own Senate record…

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04.25.2008 6:05 pm

Too busy worrying about fraud to see the fraud

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The new White House regulations holding up Medicaid dollars going to the states were in jeopardy (Post-Dispatch April 24) until an emphatic House vote knocked it down 349 to 62. These regulations would have hurt delivery of  services to many…

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