How do you fund a war, but not the Casualties?

VET'S WIFE ASKS, "HOW DO YOU FUND A WAR, BUT NOT THE

CASUALTIES?" -- Some veterans advocates say the agency is

in such disarray that the White House has been unable to find

a top-notch candidate willing to take the job of VA Secretary.

This was asked by Annette Mcleod of South Carolina whoe husband was injured in Iraq you can read the rest of the story here at Newsweek

The secretary of Veterans Affairs presides over the U.S. government's second largest Cabinet department, after Defense. It is a politically sensitive job, especially of late, with new studies showing that the Bush administration has vastly underestimated the cost of providing health care to the more than 750,000 soldiers who have returned home from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. But three months ago, former secretary James Nicholson resigned abruptly after a difficult tenure to "get back into the business world"—and tension among vets is rising because the White House still hasn't nominated a replacement. "I wish I could tell you what's going on," says David Gorman, executive director of Disabled American Veterans. "I think the administration thinks this is the least of their priorities."

Some veterans advocates say the VA is in such disarray that the White House has been unable to find a top-notch candidate willing to take the job, much less go through a confirmation hearing. "Who wants to come in for 15 months and take over a department that has been left in shambles?" asks Paul Sullivan, a former VA official who now heads Veterans for Common Sense. White House spokeswoman Emily Lawrimore declined to comment on particular candidates, but says, "We are working hard to nominate a highly qualified individual." She adds that the White House hopes to announce a nominee "soon."

MR President, doesn't this nations veteran deserve better? What happened to your 2004 campaign slogan "A Promise Made Is A Promise Kept"? Show us the beef!!!!!

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