Berger's big day -- Dover's own doesn't miss opportunity to push for vets'

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http://www.timesreporter.com/left.php?ID=24265&r=0

David Berger, the national commander of the Army and Navy Union and from my hometown, was invited to speak along with Bush* and Veteran’s Secretary Principi at Arlington yesterday. I was very pleased to read the following story in our local paper this morning.

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Heady as the experience was, it didn’t make Berger forget that he disagrees with Bush on Iraq or stop him from asking for more federal money for veterans.
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“I really wasn’t behind it (the war in Iraq) to start with,” said Berger, 61, who spent more than an hour with Bush at the event. “It seems we aren’t making any headway.”
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During a reception after the ceremony, Berger pulled Principi aside to make a pitch for more federal funding for disabled veterans.
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Berger, a Democrat who voted against Bush, said there wasn’t time to share his doubts about U.S. policy in Iraq with the president.

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1. Asking Principi for help for disabled veterans?

That is pissing into the wind, my friend. Service connected disabled veterans wait for a year to see a doctor. This regime cut veterans medical benefits, remember? Apparently no one in the press did while they gave all that propaganda and flag waving time to the regime yesterday.