The administrations programmed budget cuts in 2006 will mean reduced health care services for veterans. The current VA budget only takes into account the cost of taking care of the current veterans, but did not take into account our newest veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan. As of July 2004, approximately 25,000 Iraq and Afghanistatn war veterans sought healthcare from the VA. Think of the thousands of veterans we have added since 2004, not to mention the current number of wounded (which we never see, and rarely hear about).
It is unconscionable to wage a war, and not take care of the veterans.
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