Sununu, VA Secretary to tour N.H. hospital
By Will BreddermanSen. John Sununu (R-Waterville Valley) will meet Tuesday with U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary James Peake to discuss extending further health benefits to former Granite State servicemen, the senator's office said. The statement also described Sununu's continued interest in making radiation therapy available to more New Hampshire veterans.
Peake will be in Manchester that morning to visit the Veterans Administration Medical Center.
Sununu is in the midst of a difficult re-election race against Democratic former New Hampshire Governor Jean Shaheen, with Shaheen leading Sununu in most polls.
Veterans' issues promise to be a hot political topic in the coming months as more American troops return from Iraq and Afghanistan in need of health care, and in the aftermath of last year's neglect scandal at Walter Reed National Army Medical Center.
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Ask Secretary Peake about this?
From ABC News:
Mentally distressed veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan are being recruited for government tests on pharmaceutical drugs linked to suicide and other violent side effects, an investigation by ABC News and The Washington Times has found.
Mentally distressed veterans are recruited for questionable drug trial.The report will air on Good Morning America and will also appear in The Washington Times on Tuesday.
In one of the human experiments, involving the anti-smoking drug Chantix, Veterans Administration doctors waited more than three months before warning veterans about the possible serious side effects, including suicide and neuropsychiatric behavior.
"Lab rat, guinea pig, disposable hero," said former US Army sniper James Elliott in describing how he felt he was betrayed by the Veterans Administration.
-sniphttp://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Story?id=5180437&page=1
Confused Vet
So why do the Republicans tout smaller government, yet we want to expand the VA which is a broken system and have more government?
The VA is basically a socialized system, and that is ok for our Vet's, but the Republican's tout that private citizens deserve better.
I take this as a slap in the face as a Vet.
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