Obama pledges more support for veterans

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By The Associated Press

Story Published: Aug 27, 2008 at 3:06 PM MST

Story Updated: Aug 27, 2008 at 3:06 PM MST

BILLINGS - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says his Republican rival, John McCain, deserves gratitude but not votes for his years of military service.

Obama spoke Wednesday to a largely partisan crowd of several hundred veterans and their families in Billings, his last stop before he is scheduled to accept his party's nomination in Denver. If elected, the Illinois senator has pledged to get more funding for veterans health programs, improve mental health treatment for soldiers returning from war and end the war in Iraq.

By reaching out to the nation's 25 million veterans, the Obama campaign is hoping to make inroads on a constituency that has traditionally leaned Republican.

Thursday, Aug 28 at 7:27 AM KMS wrote ...

It's all well and good to "pledge support" on the campaign trail, but it's his voting history that tells the truth of the matter- He, like the rest of his democratic ilk, traditionally take away from veterans rather then give to their programs. The VA healthcare system has improved dramatically under Bush, yet was almost eliminated under Clinton. Obama is a snake in the grass, he talks pretty but no one wants to look at the harsh reality of what he really stands for- himself.

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