Schwarzenegger vetoes bill honoring Vietnam veterans

Stop playing political games using veterans and shame on Governor Schwarzenegger for not signing it to get his way, but also shame on Alberto Torrico for daring him to do it. Vietnam veterans have waited far too long for their sacrifices to be honored, not used in some kind of political game! Don't they get this? Don't they understand that some Vietnam veterans enlisted and others were forced to go but they all worked together and risked their lives no matter how they ended up there for each other? They did not serve Republicans or Democrats! They served doing what the nation asked of them. No one owns them but everyone seems to forget what they owe them!

Schwarzenegger vetoes bill honoring Vietnam veterans


By Kevin Yamamura
The Sacramento Bee
In the latest round of Capitol brinksmanship, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill honoring Vietnam veterans and threatened to kill 72 other proposals on his desk because he said lawmakers have ignored his priority issues.

The Senate withdrew all of its 43 bills from the Republican governor's desk for temporary safekeeping. But in an act of defiance, the Assembly left on his desk a bill that would designate March 30 as "Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day."

"I dare the governor to veto this bill," said Assembly Majority Leader Alberto Torrico, D-Newark, before the close of Tuesday's session.
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Schwarzenegger vetoes bill honoring Vietnam veterans