Army Wives Take Action (against VA)

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Source: CBS

Army Wives Take Action
Women Bypass VA To Get Better Care For Their Injured Husbands

(CBS) There have been heartbreaking stories about the shoddy level of veterans' care since the beginning of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Two Army wives decided that wasn't good enough for them, and, as CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports, they took matters into their own hands.

"I just couldn't accept what we were being told by the VA," says Marissa Behee.

Behee is not a soldier, but she's one of the fiercest warriors of the Iraq War. Ever since her husband, Staff Sgt. Jarod Behee, was shot in the head, she has been fighting for him — and against a Veterans Administration she says was unprepared for the needs of grievously wounded soldiers.

"It's not just Jarod. I mean, he's one of how many that are coming home with a signature head wound. There are so many more out there, and this cannot continue to happen to all those people coming home," she says.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/07/25/eveningnews/main3096856.shtml

[burrowowl]

1. Surprise!

Who has to take care of those wounded and will they be able to keep up!

[Suich]

2. Good for them!!!

My hat's off to them for making a difference!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

K & R

[salin]

3. How many others do not have someone to do this battle for them?

It is offensive how this administration so casually threw so many into a situation rendering such grave injuries - and then failed to adequately expand budgets for the costs. In the general election when "making the tax cuts permanent" becomes a theme for the GOP (they have so LITTLE to run on - that it is inevitable this will come up) - these names and storis need to be thrown back as those who pay the COST of those tax breaks.