Any references to back up all this alleged "truth" that Obama and the Administration are doing more for veterans than any other president since Truman?

Here are some recent articles:

The VA's backlogs epidemic
By Alexander Nicholson - 07/19/13 09:00 AM ET

Everyone in Congress knows by now that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has a massive claims backlog problem that has outraged the American public. But many do not yet realize that while dents are being made in one backlog, other backlogs are forming within the VA. After climbing to nearly one million claims in queue, almost 70 percent of which had been pending for more than 125 days (some for years), the VA finally began making a dent in its massive pile of backed-up veteran disability, pension, and survivor claims. The VA continued its promising downward backlogged claims trend for 12 weeks until the week before last, when the total number of backlogged VA claims jumped back up enough to wipe out the progress it has made the week prior.

Above excerpted from:

http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/healthcare/312039-the-vas-backlogs-epidemic


V.A. Aims to Reduce Its Backlog of Claims
By JAMES DAO Published: April 19, 2013

The 250,000 claims that have been awaiting decisions for one year or longer are part of the department’s backlog, which includes all claims pending for at least 125 days. That backlog is now at 570,000 claims.

Representative Jeff Miller, Republican of Florida, who is chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, has called for Ms. Hickey’s resignation, and some veterans’ advocates have questioned President Obama’s commitment to veterans because of the department’s inability to tame the backlog.

Above excerpted from:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/20/us/veterans-affairs-aims-to-reduce-backlog-of-disability-claims.html

My bold facing. Enjoy 8-)

They are mostly Lawyers... therein lies the problem, and it isn't a particularly new one...

"The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers"
— William Shakespeare, Henry the Sixth, Part II, IV, ii (1623)

Congress was supposed to be manned by regular people, the Bourgeoisie- Farmers, business owners, regular Joe's, etc. They would put in 2 years and return to their normal job. It was part of our system of checks and balances- meant to balance the power of the house of representatives who was intended or expected to be manned by the elite, upper class- lawyers, rich folks... type. When Congress became a life long profession is where we went wrong- hope is fading for a return to this "check", as it is all run by lawyers and they are by their nature self serving- pretending to be concerned with their clients or constituents when really concerned most with filling their pockets. Give them term limits of two terms and out- and there might be hope.

Wow, I can't say I've ever heard anyone criticize Obama and start the conversation with a statement like that. Personally I go along with MLK Jr who said "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character." It is that character that makes me dislike BHO, I personally don't give a rats butt what color he is, I can't stand his policies. I didn't care much for Clinton's either, but at least I didn't have to worry about being called a racist because I disliked his policies.