VAMC

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:                                CONTACT: BARBARA RILEY

7/25/08                                                                        202-224-2841

                                                                                    LIZ CHAMBERLAIN

                                                                                    603-430-9560

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SUNUNU: VA TO INCREASE IN-STATE HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOR VETERANS

VA Secretary Peake tells Sununu VAMC plans to offer radiation therapy at New Hampshire hospitals

MANCHESTER, NH - U.S. Senator John Sununu (R-NH) today (7/25) announced that U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary James B. Peake has committed to providing in-state radiation therapy for New Hampshire veterans.  In a May 30 letter to the Secretary and again during Peake’s visit to the Manchester Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) last month, Sununu urged the Secretary to improve access to radiation treatment so that veterans would not have to travel out-of-state for cancer treatments.