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🎖️Claire McCaskill has done HUGE things for veterans.

👁️Take a look!

👨‍👩‍👧Most importantly, McCaskill @clairecmc is the daughter of a World War II veteran.
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🔆Highlights are:
▶️Senior member of the Armed Services Committee
▶️Founding member of Senate Veteran Jobs Caucus, successfully championing new policies & resources to improve the life for our military heroes, helping eliminate unemployment and homelessness among veterans
▶️McCaskill helped launch Veterans’ Customer Satisfaction Program (VCSP), a confidential method for Missouri vets to give feedback on their local VA facility, has introduced legislation to build a network of more qualified/stable directors & other personnel at local facilities
▶️National recognition for successful effort to replace Army officials mismanaging Walter Reed Army Medical Ctr after reports of neglect
▶️Introduced Dignity for Wounded Warriors Act, a basis for successful legislation that provides immediate medical relief to service members
▶️McCaskill helped clean up mismanagement of Arlington National Cemetery following disclosures of mismarked gravesites

🕸️Claire McCaskill's website, on her "issues" page re: Delivering for Veterans

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mccaskill.senate.gov/veterans
▶️McCaskill helped Pentagon with troubled recovery efforts for POW/MIA soldiers, passed into law a measure requiring the Secretary of Defense to designate a single organization to handle these efforts

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▶️Cosponsored & helped pass 21st Century GI Bill—one of the most important new benefits passed for veterans in decades
▶️Helped pass VOW to Hire Heroes Act, which provides tax credits to employers to hire veterans
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▶️McCaskill helped pass provision to ensure military members receive mental health screenings for: depression, suicide, PTSD and combat-related stress at set intervals for 2 years after returning to states

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▶️Also backed a measure on behalf of Guard and Reserve forces to ensure they receive access to quality mental health care upon their return to the U.S.

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▶️Cosponsored and helped pass into law Post 9/11 Veteran’s Education Assistance Act, which entitles vets who served 3 yrs on active duty after 9/11/01 to full tuition assistance & living stipend. It’s the greatest boost to veterans’ higher education benefits since World War II
▶️McCaskill helped pass into law Homecoming Enhancement Research and Oversight (HERO) Act, which requires extensive research on physical & mental health & other readjustment needs of veterans of Iraq & Afghanistan

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▶️Helped pass into law Rural Veterans Healthcare Improvement Act, expanding care in rural areas
▶️Helped pass into law a measure that provides innovative transportation options to vets in remote rural areas & reimburse vets for transportation costs to health care appointments
▶️McCaskill introduced legislation that would establish behavioral health residency programs in underserved rural areas
▶️Helped secure military honors for veterans who were neglected

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▶️Introduced bipartisan legislation to designation Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, MO as the Nat'l World War I Memorial
▶️Supports Stolen Valor Act, legislation that would put in place criminal penalties for anyone who makes false claim relating to military service or award
🗳️Many reasons to support, endorse and vote for Claire McCaskill @clairecmc!

🕸️Please check out her entire website here!

mccaskill.senate.gov
#Democrats we need to #FlipTheSenate

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