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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWhile Donald Trump Uses Veterans As Pawns, Hillary Clinton Has Actual Plans
Much of the media attention lately has been on Donald Trumps alleged donations to veterans groups and whether they were only made so Trump could score political points. In any case, the press coverage does nothing to advance the discussion about how either of the two likely nominees plans to help veterans if they become president.
In a Facebook post on Tuesday night, Hillary Clinton hoped to shift attention from Trumps bluster to how she has helped veterans throughout her career and how she plans to work for them as president:
Clintons post was perfectly timed as Trump focuses his campaign on hollow lip service to veterans without offering concrete ways he plans to help them other than saying a Trump presidency would the best thing in history for the U.S. military, of course.
As a U.S. Senator, Clinton worked in a bipartisan way to help veterans, whether it was expanding health care services, building rehabilitation centers for wounded warriors or helping the family members of wounded warriors.
http://www.politicususa.com/2016/05/31/donald-trump-veterans-pawns-hillary-clinton-actual-plans.html
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"I believe in making sure that people who sacrifice for us are given all the care and the benefits and support that they need. And I believe strongly that taking care of our veterans is part of our solemn duty as Americans." Hillary Clinton
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While Donald Trump Uses Veterans As Pawns, Hillary Clinton Has Actual Plans (Original Post)
NCTraveler
Jun 2016
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Matt_in_STL
(1,446 posts)1. Unfortunately, her plans are to create many more veterans.
Viva_La_Revolution
(28,791 posts)3. agh. beat me to it
all american girl
(1,788 posts)2. I read about this llast night...
I really like homesteading the military...my poor son, by the time he started 5 grade, he had been in 5 different schools, in 4 different states, with the 5th in a different country...it was getting a little nutty for the poor kid...I will say, only one place that we moved from was he really upset...all the others he was a little adventurer.