• Vet Honored with Purple Heart/Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster after 60 Years

    ST. LOUIS – U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill today hosted a Purple Heart ceremony honoring Korean War veteran Reverend Leo Hardin, who was awarded a long-overdue Purple Heart with one Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster, along with three additional awards for his military service. “We owe the veterans who have sacrificed for our country an unknowable debt of gratitude,” said McCaskill, a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and daughter of a World War II veteran. “One of the best parts of my job is helping honor those sacrifices and making sure we’re keeping our promises to our veterans long after they return from the battlefield.”   Rev. Hardin, a veteran of the 2nd Infantry Division, served in Japan in

    Nov 08,
    - by Press Release

  • The Bureaucratic VA Needs Real Reform

    Forty-five years after American innovation sent man to the moon, the VA is still processing claims on paper. The Department of Veterans Affairs was created in 1930 and has been reluctant to accept technological and administrative advancements throughout its 84 year history. The result is a backlog that makes the process of seeing a doctor a troublesome or sometimes unnavigable task for our veterans. I am committed to assisting veterans in Southeast and South-Central Missouri who truly deserve a VA that is working for them. The failings of the antiquated VA have had real and serious consequences for far too long. Wait times of more than three months for the patriots who defend our freedoms is absolutely unacceptable. Once our

    Jul 25,
    - by U.S. Rep. Jason Smith
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