VFW head: Health care for veterans improving

VFW head: Health care for veterans improving
By Karina Donica • kdonica@thetowntalk.com • January 30, 2010
Veterans of Foreign Wars Commander-in-Chief Thomas J. Tradewell Sr. said Friday that the quality of health care for veterans is improving, but still more needs to be done.

Tradewell, a Vietnam War veteran who was elected in August, was in Alexandria on Friday for the Mid-Winter Louisiana VFW and Ladies Auxiliary conference being held this week at the Best Western.

Tradewell said he is pleased with the variety of programs that Veterans Affairs has in place to help veterans.

Currently, Tradewell said, the VA has hired additional staff and has established "benefits-due-at-discharge" sites in response to the influx of current servicemen and women being discharged from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Tradewell also said he is pleased with the support of President Obama's administration.

During the State of the Union address, Obama said his administration has provided the largest investment for veterans in decades. Tradewell agreed.
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