Clinton promises VA reform, trashes Trump in VFW speech [View all]
Source: Military Times
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton offered a scathing rebuke of her Republican rival in a speech before the Veterans of Foreign Wars annual convention on Monday, calling his policies dangerous and his outlook poisonous.
“If we retreat on security or the economy behind an imaginary wall, we will have lost our leadership, our purpose, our chance to prevail in the 21st century,” Clinton told the crowd of veteran leaders, without ever mentioning Donald Trump’s name. “If America doesn’t lead, we will leave behind a vacuum.”
Trump will have his chance for a rebuttal at the VFW convention Tuesday morning. VA Secretary Bob McDonald, who has been a frequent target of Trump, is also scheduled to speak just before the Republican nominee.
Clinton's VFW speech in Charlotte, North Carolina, delivered as the Democratic national convention opened about 500 miles north in Philadelphia, touched on Clinton’s previously outlined plans for reforming the Department of Veterans Affairs. She promised to reduce wait times for medical care, improve coordination between military and VA health care coverage, boost programs for female veterans and to “end the epidemic of veteran suicide.”
Read more: http://www.militarytimes.com/story/veterans/2016/07/25/vfw-convention-clinton-speech/87531270/
Now, will there actually be any coverage of the issues or proposals that will be discussed during the DNC or just highlights of the drama?
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