The Veterans Alliance for Security and Democracy Political Action Committee (www.vetpac.org) will have two Board members and numerous supports in Fulton, MO today to help Duane Burghard and his campaign in the 9th Congressional District. 

"We are here today as military members and veterans to support one of our own," said Lorin Walker, the group's Deputy Director, "The President may favor his opponent, but the troops support Duane." "Rep. Hushof has not given our military and our veterans the support that they deserve;" she continued, "he has received a "C" grade from the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (www.iava.org) for his votes on troop support and veterans issues. That is simply not good enough."

"Hushof is particularly bad on veterans' issues," Colonel Richard L. Klass, VETPAC Executive Director contended, "he has supported the Disabled Americans on only 28% of their key legislative issues. There are 194,000 homeless veterans in this nation, thousands sleeping on the streets of Missouri towns and cities, some veterans of the current conflict, and Mr. Hushof has done nothing about it. He has a constitutional duty to "raise and support an Army" and he has failed to support the troops and the vets."