Posted on 10/17/2007 5:18:07 AM PDT by NCDragon
WASHINGTON — President Bush pushed Congress on Tuesday to help modernize the government's inefficient system that cares for wounded veterans of war.
The president said his administration had implemented most recommendations made in July by the bipartisan Commission on Care for America's Returning Wounded Warriors, and now it was Congress' turn to finish the job.
Bush sent legislation to Capitol Hill for implementing those recommendations that require legislative action.
"Medical advances have enabled battlefield medics and hospitals to provide our wounded warriors with care that would have been unimaginable just a decade ago," Bush said, standing in the Rose Garden with wounded troops, including two that rode in on Segways.
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This needs to pass without delay. These men and women have served us well. We cannot fail them when they need help.
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