Clinton outlining proposals to improve services for veterans
“We think the stakes are so high, there is so much at stake, we need to get in now to make sure Hillary wins”, Gene Karpinski, head of the environmentalist group, said Monday to explain why the group was endorsing earlier than they ever had before. During this interview, Clinton insisted that Republicans have overblown largely non-systemic problems at the VA, in order to forward an ideological agenda.
“I’m very hopeful”, Clinton said. It even led the news on NBC that evening.
Full details of her new platform are available at Clinton’s campaign website. Clinton then jumped in and said, “I wouldn’t mess with you!” “A lot of mistakes were made”.
“The Clinton campaign spoke with the university (Tuesday) to explore potential event venues for her upcoming Boulder visit, but no details have been finalized”, campus spokesman Ryan Huff said in a statement.
Suzanne Howe of Derry said, “I thought her plans for the veterans were spot on”.
On the issue of veterans suicide, Clinton promises increased funding for VA mental health staffing and training, expansion of department counseling programs and promotion of “better prescriber and treatment practices” that offer more alternatives than medication.
These facts put Clinton’s first claim in context.
“Tonight we believe we held the biggest Democratic presidential fundraiser in the history of Buffalo”, Zellner said.
Meanwhile, the state’s top democrat, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, did not attend Tuesday’s event, despite a handful of trips during the past several months promoting his Buffalo Billion plan. Time and again, the VA has let down the veterans who fought and bled for their country.
Clinton’s proposal also moves to address veteran homelessness by increasing funding for the problem and making the post-9/11 GI bill, which provided increased benefits to new veterans, permanent for both veterans and their families.
Clinton’s failure to criticize the man during a question-and-answer ses- sion sparked a sharp rebuke from Republicans.
This warm endorsement from a key environmental group is important for Clinton, as several leading environmental activists and groups are backing Clinton’s chief rival for the Democratic nomination, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders.
While the remarks came from an audience member and not Clinton herself, the former secretary of state did little to disavow them in the moment.