Senator: Put family housing on VA land

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Senator: Put family housing on VA land
By Rick Maze - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Apr 16, 2008 13:01:24 EDT

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., raised a novel idea Wednesday for helping families of veterans suffering from severe traumatic brain injuries or life-changing combat wounds: build homes for for them on the campuses of VA hospitals.

She brought up the idea during a Senate defense appropriations subcommittee hearing at which the service surgeons general were peppered with questions about whether the government is truly prepared for the long-term obligation of helping the families of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans.

The surgeons general said they shared her concern about meeting those long-term needs but did not endorse her idea because she is talking about a change that would have to be made by the Department of Veterans Affairs, not the military.

Vice Adm. Adam Robinson, the Navy surgeon general, said the services recognize the long-term obligation to help injured combat veterans and their families.

“The question is how,” he said.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/04/military_feinstein_veteranhousing_041608w/



uhc comment: Any idea on Peake's take on this idea? Read the article to find out.

[But....]

1. No...

"the question is..." NOW!:mad: