Politics & Government
Shaheen to Host Veterans Event in Portsmouth
Candidates for U.S. Senate are campaigning on veterans issues at several stops this week.
U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) will host a "Veteran to Veteran" grassroots event in Portsmouth on July 18.
The event is to feature veterans talking to friends, neighbors and others about the senator's work for veterans and military families, according to her campaign.
Republicans running for U.S. Senate, including Scott Brown, have also been campaigning on veterans issues around New Hampshire this week.
"The first bill I introduced when I was elected to represent New Hampshire in the U.S. Senate was the Veterans Health Equity Act," Shaheen said in a press release. "It had bipartisan support and would require the VA to open a full-service medical center in New Hampshire or provide New Hampshire’s veterans with an equivalent level of health services. We have continued that fight and I am proud that the bipartisan Sanders-McCain bill the Senate passed last month included language to provide New Hampshire veterans greater access to health care."
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