As VA Backlog Grows, ‘Baffled' Veteran Allies Begin To Turn On President

As 'Disgrace' Grows, 'Baffled' Allies Begin To Turn On Obama
President Barack Obama speaks at the University of Hartford in Hartford, Conn., Monday, April 8, 2013. Obama, with relatives of those killed in the shooting at Connecticut's Sandy Hook Elementary School behind him, argued in his speech that lawmakers have an obligation to the children killed and other victims of gun violence to act on his proposals. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
President Barack Obama speaks at the University of Hartford in Hartford, Conn., Monday, April 8, 2013. Obama, with relatives of those killed in the shooting at Connecticut's Sandy Hook Elementary School behind him, argued in his speech that lawmakers have an obligation to the children killed and other victims of gun violence to act on his proposals. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

America’s 23 million veterans are facing an unprecedented crisis as the backlog of disability claims at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has grown to nearly 1 million—more than double what it was when President Obama took office.

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