The Bush Record on Veterans
President Bush likes to talk about the tremendous sacrifice offered by American veterans to defend the country. But words are all he's offered them in return. Bush's has repeatedly squeezed the veterans health care system, closed VA hospitals, and imposed new costs on and denied benefits to middle-income vets.
DNC Research
President Bush has put our soldiers in harms way based on a series of deceptions. He has failed to plan for post-war Iraq, which means more danger for the men and women who serve. Maybe it's time to put someone in charge who knows what it's like to serve during wartime.
- Bush's RealRecord on the Military: Cuts, Photo Ops, and Disrespect
- Bush Budget Sells Veterans Short
- Making It Up As He Goes Along: How Bush Failed To Plan For Post-War Iraq
- How the Bush Administration Misused Intelligence on Iraq
- Bush vs. The Facts: Lies About Iraq
- Another Bush Ripoff: The Hazards of Halliburton
DNC News
Cabrera: "Today is a day we should remember those who served. But America's veterans also deserve to know if a promise made was a promise broken. If Bush is elected in November, he will ambush America's veterans and cut nearly $1 billion from the Department of Veterans Affairs a scant four months after the election."
May 28, 2004: McAuliffe, Vets bash Bush for secret plan to cut nearly $1 billion from Department of Veterans Affairs
May 26, 2004: McAuliffe: Bush spokesman's comments "disparaged all who served"
May 15, 2004: Karl Rove: the undisputed heavyweight champion of playing politics with Iraq
