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Transcript: HEALTH CARE FOR RURAL VETERANS:CHARLES G. WATKINS
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- Congressional Testimony
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- August 16, 2005
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Congressional Testimony
08-16-2005
Statement of Charles G. Watkins Retired Lieutenant Colonel, United States
Army Committee on Senate Veterans Affairs August 16, 2005 Dear Honorable
Senator Ken Salazar In NW Colorado we are greatly concerned about the health
care of our aging veterans. The presence of a VA facility to care for our
veterans is severely lacking and we are in serious need of a CBOC to provide
health care for our veterans. Our counties in NW Colorado, Grand, Jackson,
Routt, Rio Blanco, and Moffat are spending a great deal of money annually
on transporting veterans to the nearest VA hospital in Grand Junction,
CO. We have all worked together to provide the needed transportation to
the ...