From Cheyenne resident and USAF veteran Ken McCauley, a Wyoming delegate at the DNC:
Pete Laybourn [former member of the Cheyenne city council] is providing updates on 1480-AM KRAE in Cheyenne every morning at 7:45-8:00 a.m. I was his guest this a.m. and talked about how the GOP is pressing a message that Americans should be dissatisfied with our President. I gave a list of reasons I am NOT dissatisfied with President Obama, and focused my comments on military issues. Specifically:As a veteran, I wasn’t disappointed when President Obama:· Ended the war in Iraq, bringing our soldiers home after a decade of fighting.· Began the process of drawing down troops in Afghanistan· Ended the stop-loss policy that kept soldiers in Iraq/Afghanistan beyond their enlistment date.· Ended the media blackout of war casualties so the American people know the true cost of war.· Provided troops with better body armor and approved funding for the Mine Resistant Ambush Vehicle.· Improved conditions at Walter Reed and other military hospitals.· Improved benefits for veterans, including mental health services and treatment for traumatic brain injury.· Made the hard decision to deploy additional troops when needed in Afghanistan. He campaigned that he would refocus on Afghanistan to locate bin Laden, and he did!· Killed Osama Bin Laden and eliminated several other top al Qaeda leaders, including tracking terrorists in Pakistan, Yeman, an Somalia.• Ordered the Pentagon to cover expenses of families of fallen soldiers if they wish to be on site when the body arrives back in the US.• Ordered a review of the existing “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on gays in the military (2010)• Improved the GI Bill for returning veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan.• Eliminated co-payments for veterans who are catastrophically disabled.• Signed The Families of Fallen Heroes Act, which covers the moving costs of immediate family members of those lost in service.
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