Beau Biden holds veterans roundtable in Columbus
By: Lydia Coutre
The Columbus Dispatch
September 27, 2012
Beau Biden, Delaware Attorney General and Iraq war veteran, stopped in Columbus this morning to talk to veterans about how their care and benefits would look under presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
“Governor Romney confuses the defense budget with the (Veterans Affairs) budget,” Biden said. “He talks about wanting to increase the defense budget as if that’s going to help veterans. It doesn't. They’re two separate budgets.”
Sitting around a table in the back of Cup of Joe in German Village, Biden and Rob Diamond, the Obama campaign’s National Veterans and Military Families Vote Director, talked jobs, healthcare and support with about a dozen veterans.
Biden contrasted an $11 billion cut in Veterans Affairs spending in year one proposed in Paul Ryan’s budget with Obama’s spending record. “He’s increased VA spending by more than any president has in 30 years,” Biden said.
These numbers concern Bernard Pontones, secretary and treasurer of Vietnam Veterans of Ohio.
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