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-Election 2012
O Hopes Changes Will Swing Vets
2012-05-14
President Obama has wound down America's war in Iraq, ordered the operation that killed Osama bin Laden and set in motion the end of U.S. combat operations in Afghanistan.
All by himself!
He also has focused particular attention on veterans and military families, increasing funds for the Department of Veterans Affairs, implementing the post-Sept. 11 G.I. Bill and launching job programs for returning troops.

As he gears up his reelection effort, Obama is trying to use that record, and especially his emphasis on the home front, to win the political support of veterans and military families in a handful of important swing states.

Republicans have long defined themselves in part on their hawkish stance on national security issues and their popularity among the military and veterans. But the makeup of the nation's armed forces is changing, and Obama hopes to win over veterans by appealing to the same subgroups that propelled him to victory in 2008: women, minorities and young people.

"There's a different face of the American veteran now," said Lauren Zapf, 30, a Navy chic veteran who served in the Persian Gulf and who spoke recently at a gathering in Northern Virginia for Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Timothy M. Kaine. "The president's stance on social policies, his work with military families, what he was doing with policy in both Iraq and Afghanistan -- I and both of my friends appreciate that."
Posted by:Bobby

#7  DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > AS FOREIGN TROOPS LEAVE, [levels of] AFGHAN REFUGEES AND POVERTY INCREASES.

Situation ascribed as similar to Afghanistan after the Soviet pullout + before the rise of the Taliban to post-Soviet/Najibullah Govt. power.IOW, IFF THE US-NATO ARE NOR CAREFUL, THEIR TROOPS WILL LEAVE IN 2014 ONLY TO HAVE TO COME BACK AGAIN DUE TO THE RETURN OF THE MILTERRS TO POWER???

As affected in Pakistan by ...

* TOPIX > PAKISTAN MAY BE DEPRIVED OF 90% OF US FUNDS, vee the introduction of Rohrabacher-led "Pakistan Terrorism Accountability" legislation before the US Congress.

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > US BILL TO DEDUCT PAK AID FOR EVERY ISI-CAUSED [American Soldier] DEATH, to the tune of US$50.0Milyuhn per US Death.

* SAME > TIME FOR PAKISTAN TO "MOVE ON" OVER NATO SUPPLY LINES [+ reopen them]:SAYS FOREIGN MINISTER [Khar].

But KHAR still has to get through major internal opposition to reopening the routes.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2012-05-15 00:08  

#6  I have no problem with an increase in copay, given that I prefer 2012 medicine rather than the 1970s or 1980s medicine at the time of the original commitment by both parties. However, when you add up all the bankrupt 'green' initiatives, you have to wonder if the money had been put towards existing commitments rather than for patronage rewards venture projects, how much would really be needed to offset the increase in expenses for the vets?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2012-05-14 23:06  

#5  Vets still hate Obumble's dumb ass.
Posted by: DarthVader   2012-05-14 22:40  

#4  TW, I don't think the cut the military insurance, they are just having them pay a little more of a copay.
Posted by: texhooey   2012-05-14 22:21  

#3  But they've cut military health insurance, right? That affects the special interest groups within the military as well as the rest.
Posted by: trailing wife   2012-05-14 21:38  

#2  Actually Jim that is no longer the case.

Note that Obama is taking credit for ending the war in Iraq....Yea right Bammy!
Posted by: tipover   2012-05-14 20:16  

#1  NO QUEERS, the Military is strict about that.
None Openly at least.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2012-05-14 15:50  

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