Obama camp rolls out supportive military vets in Missouri
In response to today’s veterans’ event for presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain, the Missouri campaign for Democratic rival Barack Obama issued its own comments from supportive Missouri veterans.
From the release:
Veterans throughout the Show-Me State said they support Obama’s withdrawal plan and his commitment to their health and safety at home and abroad.
“Senator Obama has a plan to end this costly war in Iraq, to redeploy our troops from Iraq, strengthen our military and finish the job in Afghanistan,” said Mike Evans, a US Army veteran from St. Louis County. (He previously ran as a Democratic for Congress in 2004 and initially filed to run for lieutenant governor this year.)
“..Senator McCain has not laid out a plan to responsibly end this war. That’s not what the veterans I know in Missouri are looking for,” Evans said.
Senator Obama has fought tirelessly for the health of troops and revamping the GI bill, according to other veterans in Missouri.
“Senator Obama has demonstrated that he is a true friend of U.S. service members through his tireless work to modernize the GI Bill,” said Vince Gunter, an Iraq veteran from Independence. “The GI Bill is one of the key reasons why I chose to follow in the footsteps of my father and eight uncles in joining the military.”
In 2006, Obama voted for and McCain voted against providing $19 billion for military and veterans hospitals, offset by limiting the dividend and capital-gains tax rates to individuals earning less than $1 million. In 2005, Obama voted for and McCain voted against an amendment to increase veterans’ health care funding by $2 billion…



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Even traitor John Kerry could find vets to stand by him. So what?