It is not possible to have a laser focus on winning wars if you are required by law to focus elsewhere.
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You’re making this into something it isn’t. The VA would be a department within the DOD with much less work to do. I see no way that it would be their major focus.
That's the argument, moonman. It would NOT be their focus. It SHOULD NOT be their focus. They should be focused completely on winning wars, and using every dime they can get their hands on to win wars.
That's why the VA needs to be a separate entity arguing for and spending its own money.
Vouchers, speciality hospitals, etc., those are all things that the VA could be doing regardless.
Yep. even now the Armed Forces are being distracted with nation building, etc.