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Veterans group pans Trump’s ‘unserious’ VA plan
The Hill ^ | 11/01/2015 | Bradford Richardson

Posted on 11/01/2015 3:37:05 PM PST by GIdget2004

A veterans advocacy group is criticizing the plan to reform the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) released by Donald Trump.

Concerned Veterans for America (CVA) said the plan was “heavy of rhetoric, light on specifics” in a statement on Saturday.

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To: JohnBrowdie

You mean like Kerry was savagely attacked? Being a Veteran group does not give them sainthood.

Pray America wakes


41 posted on 11/01/2015 4:04:47 PM PST by bray (If Obama had a son he would be a cop killer.)
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To: VerySadAmerican
If I remember correctly the VFW and American Legion both backed Obama.

We all must remember there are all types who serve and therefore all types of vets. Not all of them are conservative.

Keep in mind, too, that the leadership of any group will tend to made up of the people who specifically angle to get into that leadership. Liberals tend to do that specifically so they can take over groups. Probably what happened here, and the VFW and AL don't represent that majority of veterans.

42 posted on 11/01/2015 4:05:18 PM PST by Yashcheritsiy (It's time to repeal and replace the GOP)
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To: Always A Marine

[[We served willingly and got paid for it, and except for those few who sustained truly debilitating wounds, none of us is owed a damned thing by anybody else.]]

However, you DO deserve better than the broken VA clinics- As well, medicare isn’t free- there’s a monthly fee-


43 posted on 11/01/2015 4:06:17 PM PST by Bob434
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To: Always A Marine

Thank you for your service, we can never repay you and thank you for your unselfish love of this country.


44 posted on 11/01/2015 4:06:35 PM PST by bray (If Obama had a son he would be a cop killer.)
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To: Yashcheritsiy

VFW and AL = public employee’s union for vets.

The irony is vets don’t really join.


45 posted on 11/01/2015 4:07:11 PM PST by RinaseaofDs
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To: bray

Kerry was a coward and a traitor. He shot a 15 year old kid in the back with twin .50 cal machine guns. and he was attacked by veterans.

Huge difference.


46 posted on 11/01/2015 4:07:22 PM PST by JohnBrowdie (http://forum.stink-eye.neti)
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To: jimbo123; All

Follow the money.


47 posted on 11/01/2015 4:07:45 PM PST by Yashcheritsiy (It's time to repeal and replace the GOP)
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To: Waryone

48 posted on 11/01/2015 4:08:56 PM PST by jimbo123
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To: Yashcheritsiy

49 posted on 11/01/2015 4:09:38 PM PST by jimbo123
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To: VerySadAmerican

The American Legion does not endorse candidates. That is contrary to its founding principles and Congressional Charter.

The American Legion does advocate Veterans issues. It exposed the Department of Veterans Affairs current failings. And it continues to hold the department accountable to Congress and The People.


50 posted on 11/01/2015 4:12:33 PM PST by DakotaGator (Weep for the lost Republic! And keep your powder dry!!)
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

According to the search I just did on this group:

Concerned Veterans for America (CVA) is a 501(c)(4) non-profit which seems to be funded almost entirely by the Koch brothers donor network.

www.sourcewatch.org/index.php

Seems to me, the Koch’s, and the Bushes seem to be on the same page at the moment.


Watch Jeb’s campaign try to do something similar under the guise of this Koch group.


51 posted on 11/01/2015 4:16:12 PM PST by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man a subject")
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To: JohnBrowdie

Trumpbots attack US veterans in 3. . . 2 . . . 1 . . .


Research much?


52 posted on 11/01/2015 4:17:02 PM PST by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man a subject")
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To: DoodleDawg

Just stop with the snarky and obviously ill-informed comments. And if you were informed then it’s even worse. Not one other candidate that I know of had put forward anything on vets.


53 posted on 11/01/2015 4:17:43 PM PST by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: TaxPayer2000

A veterans advocacy group is criticizing the plan to reform the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) released by Donald Trump.
Is it possible that they haven’t criticized the plans of the other candidates, because they have none?


Yes, and also because it’s fronted by a Jeb/GOPe/anybody but Trump donor/supporter.


54 posted on 11/01/2015 4:19:28 PM PST by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man a subject")
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To: GIdget2004
Concerned Veterans for America (CVA) said the plan was “heavy of rhetoric, light on specifics” in a statement on Saturday.

"While Donald Trump rightly proposes more health care choices for veterans and long-overdue accountability for bad VA employees, his ‘plan’ is painfully thin on specifics about how he would implement those principles," CVA CEO Pete Hegseth said in the statement.

1. How come only Trump has to come up with very specific plans down to the molecule. Who else is coming up with molecular level plans? Why would a candidate be that specific BEFORE the general? Petie, hate to say this, you comments are a hit job. I lost a lot of respect for you. Shame.

2. Since the Vets are the major concern for the CVA, where the hell is the CVA’s detailed requirements needed to improve the VA?

3. The VA is a single payer system. SCRAP IT.

55 posted on 11/01/2015 4:19:34 PM PST by Chgogal (Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
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To: jimbo123

Any thing to do with the Koch Brothers are bad news...if they are behind knocking Trump’s VA suggestions, at this time, then they need to be brought down!!!


56 posted on 11/01/2015 4:21:07 PM PST by HarleyLady27 (I have such happy days, and hope you do too!!!)
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To: GIdget2004

CVA is associated with the Koch’s, who are no fan of Trump.


57 posted on 11/01/2015 4:28:48 PM PST by BigEdLB (Congress will have blood on their hands if anything happens because of the Iran appeasement)
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To: laplata
Veterans have every right to be skeptical of any promises made by anyone.

They also have the right to point out propaganda when they see it on FR. This is a group that John Kerry would love.

58 posted on 11/01/2015 4:31:44 PM PST by itsahoot (55 years a republican-Now Independent. Will write in Sarah Palin, no matter who runs. RIH-GOP)
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To: Always A Marine

I think that’s the eventual plan - to abolish the VA. Yes, all who have served are owed more than what they have received. You have put your life out there for the rest of us and I’ll be danged if the illegals deserve better treatment. So, just be glad that someone cares enough to overhaul this monstrosity. It isn’t pandering - Trump has always been involved with veterans. Maybe you don’t see it as a big deal, but the majority of Americans do. Thank you for your service.


59 posted on 11/01/2015 4:31:50 PM PST by Catsrus ( I callz 'em as I seez 'em.)
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To: vette6387
“I think this is just a libbie front group...”

The Koch brothers are simply doing what Libertarians do.

60 posted on 11/01/2015 4:33:43 PM PST by itsahoot (55 years a republican-Now Independent. Will write in Sarah Palin, no matter who runs. RIH-GOP)
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