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Obama tackles veteran homelessness
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| News Date | Monday, November 12, 2007 08:35:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By Klaus Marre | Posted: 11/12/07 2:13 p.m. [ET]
November 12, 2007
Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) used a campaign stop in New Hampshire Monday to tout a program aimed at helping homeless veterans.
“Our commitment to those who serve begins at enlistment and it must never end,” Obama said on Veterans Day at a transitional housing facility in Nashua. “That is a sacred trust. It is a trust we must keep. But every night that a veteran sleeps on the street, we are not keeping that trust.”
Last week, the National Alliance to End Homelessness released a study showing that nearly 200,000 veterans are homeless on any given night. The group also stated that veterans represent 26 percent of homeless people, even though they only make up 11 percent of the adult civilian population.
“Our veterans are a part of an unbroken line of Americans who have borne the greatest burden for our freedom,” Obama said, adding, “Keeping faith with those who serve must always be a core American value and a cornerstone of American patriotism.”
The senator has introduced legislation that would help homeless veterans and their families find a place to live while also helping them find work and providing them with counseling and other services. |
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