When Democrats began suggesting that veterans' benefits might have to be cut, Romney immediately declared that veterans' programs were off limits.
Mr. Icahn derided his younger counterpart as a "crybaby," and Mr. Ackman declared the veteran investor a "bully".
BLOOMBERG NEWS A Hedge Fund Dogfightht, Live, Mesmerizes Wall Street | Years of bad blood between two hedge fund magnates spilled publicly onto CNBC's airwaves, as Carl C. Icahn derided his younger counterpart as a "crybaby," and William A. Ackman declared the veteran investor a "bully".
When the Indian Premier League was in its infancy, a phalanx of gnarled veterans declared spin bowling to be on suicide watch.
He also pursued scandals in banking and, along with Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona, was known for helping to normalize relations with Vietnam by clearing up the status of American veterans declared POW/MIA (prisoner of war or missing in action).
At the same time, NSF official Joel Widder says it could have been "a lot worse" had the committee not used an accounting gimmick: Appropriators declared $5.4 billion for veterans' health care and disaster relief "emergency" funding, so that it wouldn't count against the amount the panel can spend.
Declaring that the last thing veterans should have to do is "fight for a job when they come home," Mr. Obama urged Republicans to pass a tax credit of up to $9,600 for companies that hire veterans.
At least one veteran declared himself a conscientious objector to the general approval of the play.
At present all that our leaders can declare is "preventing Veteran suicide is our highest priority" but without a clear, actionable and unified strategy to include the civilian safety net, how can this be realistically accomplished?
"And you're working with Vietnam veterans," Candace declared.
