Posted on Aug 20, 2016
Trump and Clinton to speak at the American Legion convent | MilitaryTimes
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Presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton will again present their plans for veterans program reforms during separate appearances at the American Legion’s national convention in Cincinnati later this month.
The speeches come a month after both candidates spoke about those plans at the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in North Carolina, and amid a host of extra attention on veterans issues in the wake of the Republican and Democratic conventions in July.
Legion officials said Democratic Party standard bearer Clinton will address the convention Aug. 31, while Republican nominee Donald Trump will speak on the convention’s final day, Sept. 1.
Both candidates have laid out a broad slate of changes to the Department of Veterans Affairs, and are expected to repeat those goals during the Legion appearances.
Clinton has promised to provide more resources to the department and better accountability procedures for problematic bureaucrats, but has also vowed not to allow conservatives to massively shift veterans health care to physicians outside existing VA systems.
Trump has made that a centerpiece of his plans, saying that the department as constructed is too overburdened to provide adequate care to many veterans. He has also promised more direct involvement in addressing VA problems, including a White House hotline to field veterans’ complaints.
But many of those policy discussions have been overshadowed in recent weeks by military-related gaffes by Trump. He has been criticized by opponents for appearing to attack a Gold Star father who spoke at the Democratic convention, and added to the problem by awkwardly bragging about a Purple Heart medal given to him by a veteran supporting his campaign.
Both candidates have also called the other unfit to serve as commander in chief, questioning each other’s temperament and honesty.
The Legion convention runs from Aug. 26 to Sept. 1. More information on the event can be found at the group’s website.
Leo Shane III covers Congress, Veterans Affairs and the White House for Military Times. He can be reached at [login to see] .
The speeches come a month after both candidates spoke about those plans at the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in North Carolina, and amid a host of extra attention on veterans issues in the wake of the Republican and Democratic conventions in July.
Legion officials said Democratic Party standard bearer Clinton will address the convention Aug. 31, while Republican nominee Donald Trump will speak on the convention’s final day, Sept. 1.
Both candidates have laid out a broad slate of changes to the Department of Veterans Affairs, and are expected to repeat those goals during the Legion appearances.
Clinton has promised to provide more resources to the department and better accountability procedures for problematic bureaucrats, but has also vowed not to allow conservatives to massively shift veterans health care to physicians outside existing VA systems.
Trump has made that a centerpiece of his plans, saying that the department as constructed is too overburdened to provide adequate care to many veterans. He has also promised more direct involvement in addressing VA problems, including a White House hotline to field veterans’ complaints.
But many of those policy discussions have been overshadowed in recent weeks by military-related gaffes by Trump. He has been criticized by opponents for appearing to attack a Gold Star father who spoke at the Democratic convention, and added to the problem by awkwardly bragging about a Purple Heart medal given to him by a veteran supporting his campaign.
Both candidates have also called the other unfit to serve as commander in chief, questioning each other’s temperament and honesty.
The Legion convention runs from Aug. 26 to Sept. 1. More information on the event can be found at the group’s website.
Leo Shane III covers Congress, Veterans Affairs and the White House for Military Times. He can be reached at [login to see] .
Trump and Clinton to speak at the American Legion convent | MilitaryTimes
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Couldn't ask for a Better Location, Where I grew up. My Formative Years so to speak. One of the Leading Cities for the Manufacture of Manufacturing Equipment. Wonderful Ethnic Mix with the German, Irish and African American Community. Fairly Religious with a slight edge to the Catholic Community. Blue Collar Town. Used to be a pretty big Beer Factory there for Budweiser. Probably the Most Notable Family is the Clooneys
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Thanks for letting us know SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL that the American Legion’s national convention in Cincinnati will be hosting the presidential candidates for the major parties. Hillary Rodham Clinton will address the convention on August 31 and that Donald Trump will address the convention on the final day September 1.
I hope the convention attendees will be both respectful and also that they will ask hardball questions to both candidates.
I hope the convention attendees will be both respectful and also that they will ask hardball questions to both candidates.
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