I accompanied Commander Henry Cook of the Military Order of the Purple Heart to the Joint Senate/House Hearings on Veterans Affairs. The VA is covered by this committee as are any number of Veterans Groups and the conversation was at times spirited. It’s nice to know that there are advocates for veterans welfare.

As a DC based photographer, I urge you to write and better yet, visit your Congress person and/or Senator. Believe it or not, they do keep score and yesterday’s hearings were a good example of citizens demanding that Congress live up to the contract they make with a soldier who takes the oath. The Washington Post is running a special section right now on the Veteran’s Administration and it’s not a pretty picture.