Obama pledges money to veterans, wants to bring electronic record system in to 21st century
Apr 9th, 2009 | By Mike | Category: Veterans Affairs |
It appears President Obama is putting his money where his mouth is when it comes to veteran affairs. Obama has pledged $25 billion in spending for veteran affairs over the next 5 years. His major goal: to produce a unified electronic record system between active military and veterans. There is currently a 6-month backlog for disability claims because of a difference between the electronic records for active military and veterans. This is a good sign after a worrying report that President Obama was going to force veterans to pay their own healthcare.
At least this seems like a positive step. I can’t pound on a political party and not recognize the positive when it does come about. I would be hypocritical as a Whig if I did so.
@Whig33:
Agreed. I don’t like either party, but I give credit where it is due. I think Obama got a bad rap as a left-wing liberal from the Republicans, many of his policies are more in the middle than people think. With this blog I hoped to bring these kind of stories to the table so we can both criticize AND commend what our government is doing.