Good News For Iraq And Afghanistan Veterans


	Good News For Iraq And Afghanistan Veterans

merrie

1-10-2008 4:34 PM

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iava, veterans administration, funding for veterans, president bush

merrie says:

President Bush Approves VA Funding
This money is desperately needed to battle a backlog of 600,000 VA claims, and to pay for research into medical conditions like Traumatic Brain Injury.

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