Cord Byrd: “But it is with the memory of Independence Day still fresh in my mind…”

On the recordJuly 27, 1998

But it is with the memory of Independence Day still fresh in my mind that I consider how well we as a nation treat the veterans who have protected our freedoms so well. The Department of Veterans Affairs does a pretty good job of taking care of individual veterans, despite the fact that funding for veterans programs has been declining in real dollars for many years. But, like most bureaucracies, the VA does not always move nimbly and with great precision to identify big trends as quickly as one might like.

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Discussing the treatment of veterans and the performance of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

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