PHOTO: Introducing Legislation to Improve Care for Women Veterans

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Senator Murray talks about the the bill a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators including  Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR ), Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Charles Schumer (D-NY) introduced to improve care for women veterans at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

The legislation, the Women Veterans Health Improvement Act of 2008 seeks to prepare the VA for the unprecedented influx of female veterans who will access care there in the coming years. VA officials estimate that the amount of women who will utilize the VA will double in the next five years.

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Pictured from left to right are Senator Lisa Murkowski, Senator Murray and Senator Blanche Lincoln.

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

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