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Perry Moves To Ease Backlog In Veterans Claims In Waco, Houston
Gov. Rick Perry is allocating hundreds of thousands of dollars to speed the processing of benefits claims from Texas veterans at regional offices in Waco and Houston.
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HOUSTON (November 12, 2009)--Gov. Rick Perry has allocated nearly $400,000 from his office to pay for up to a dozen new counselors to accelerate benefits claims processing for Texas veterans.
The state's regional Department of Veterans Affairs offices in Houston and Waco have more than 39,000 backlogged claims, which also makes them among the most backlogged offices in the nation.
In Houston, where Perry made the announcement Thursday at an American Legion hall, 41 percent of the claims from veterans have been pending for more than four months.
The additional counselors from the Texas Veterans Commission will make sure applications are complete and correct and find information that may be slowing the process.
The governor said the move is the state's offer of a "hand out to a federal agency that we feel we can assist."
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After O'Bama made his statement about helping the Veterans yesterday with increased funds, Perry decided he'd jump on the band wagon before election time and use it to 'his' benefit!!! Otherwise he'd just keep sitting on his hands!!
Of course it s election time, Thats the only time Perry does anything, if it BENEFITS him.
Rick Perry is making a political move out of the Ft.Hood incident. I'm sure he has known of the backlog for a while now. Just now he decides to do something about it. It's getting close to election time also. He really needs to get real.
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