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Challenging times: fulfilling our nation's commitment to veterans requires the best efforts of both political parties working together toward the same goals.

Publication: DAV Magazine
Publication Date: 01-MAY-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Last year Republicans and Democrats voted overwhelmingly to pass the Department of Veterans Affairs 2009 appropriations on time for a change. The last time Congress approved the VA's budget before the beginning of the new fiscal year was 1996.

In fact, the VA, along with Defense, Homeland Security and Military Construction, were the only programs that received a full-year's funding for 2009. A continuing resolution kept the rest of the government running at fiscal 2008 levels for the next...



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