Sinise Urges Public, Private Sectors to Spend More for Disabled Veterans
The Washington Times › May 26, 2009
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Actor Gary Sinise, an advocate for American troops, urged the government and private sector on Memorial Day to spend more money on disabled veterans and to provide more counseling for those who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder or become suicidal.
"The issue is what happens when they leave the hospital. They are still struggling for benefits and still struggling to recover and get things that are owed to them and, quite frankly, we have just fallen down in certain areas where we need to do more," Mr. Sinise said.See the full content of this document
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Sinise Urges Public, Private Sectors to Spend More for Disabled Veterans
"There are 3 million disabled veterans from World War II until now," he said. "We can never do enough for them in my opinion, but we can always try to do more."
In the Iraq and Afghanistan theaters, more than 35,000 American...See the full content of this document
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