VETERANS TO SARAH PALIN: HEALTH ISN’T A ‘PARTISAN ISSUE’

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David Chasteen, co-founder and western regional director of the nonpartisan Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), says Track Palin is more than just a news story, and encourages politicians not to politicize the conversation about U.S. service members.
“Vets don’t need talk, they need good policy,” he tells Newsweek. “Veterans are not a partisan issue, and we work very hard to make sure they don’t become a partisan issue.”

Palin’s 26-year-old son, Track, an Iraq war veteran, was arrested Monday on charges he physically assaulted and threatened his girlfriend with an AR-15 rifle at the Palin family home in Wasilla, Alaska. At the rally, Palin never directly stated that her son suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but she seemed to indicate that his arrest stemmed from mental issues he developed during his 2008 duty in Iraq.

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[Lumpy 1]

Well, it gave David Chasteen a chance to politicize the issue as not being politicized.

 

[Steve_McGarrett]

David Chasteen, co-founder and western regional director of the nonpartisan Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), says Track Palin is more than just a news story, and encourages politicians not to politicize the conversation about U.S. service members.
“Vets don’t need talk, they need good policy,” he tells Newsweek. “Veterans are not a partisan issue, and we work very hard to make sure they don’t become a partisan issue.”

Palin’s 26-year-old son, Track, an Iraq war veteran, was arrested Monday on charges he physically assaulted and threatened his girlfriend with an AR-15 rifle at the Palin family home in Wasilla, Alaska. At the rally, Palin never directly stated that her son suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but she seemed to indicate that his arrest stemmed from mental issues he developed during his 2008 duty in Iraq.

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Chasteen is just one person spoken too with a flawed opinion. Obama must be called out on this as he's failed people like Track.

 

[tinydancer]

It's partisan all right when the VA can give out 142 Million dollars in bonuses with scandals raging. Here's just some of the bullshit bonuses. Lots of problems on Obama's watch.

"Among the recipients were claims processors in a Philadelphia benefits office that investigators dubbed the worst in the country last year.
They received $300 to $900 each.

Managers in Tomah, Wis., got $1,000 to $4,000, even though they oversaw the over-prescription of opiates to veterans – one of whom died.

The VA also rewarded executives who managed construction of a facility in Denver, a disastrous project years overdue and more than $1 billion over budget. They took home $4,000 to $8,000 each.

And in St. Cloud, Minn., where an internal investigation report last year outlined mismanagement that led to mass resignations of health care providers, the chief of staff cited by investigators received a performance bonus of almost $4,000.

Veterans Affairs pays $142 million in bonuses amid scandals

Veterans Affairs pays $142 million in bonuses amid scandals