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Local Honor Flight gets ready to take off into Washington, D.C., melee For Veteran voice

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Editor’s note: Press time for this story was Monday, Oct. 14. Because of the dynamic nature of the partial government shutdown that began on Oct. 1 numerous changes can develop by publication. Many federal government offices weren’t answering their press lines to answer inquiries, instead leaving messages for reporters that they’re short on staff due to the shutdown and may take weeks to respond to interview requests. World War II veteran John Domino has some childhood experience getting past barricades. “A football game was a quarter,” he said. “We had no money.” He hopes that experience doesn’t come in handy when he goes to visit the National World War II Memorial. Domino was a broke sports fan growing up in New Jersey. Buddies and he developed some ingenuity in getting past fences and into games. “I’ll find a way,” he said. On Saturday, Oct 19, Southeast Florida Honor Flight will take its 15th group of veterans to Washington, D.C., to visit the memorial on the National Mall and other sites. Yeah, the memorial that’s been a highly publicized flashpoint during the partial government shutdown that started on Oct. 1. At press time, Democrats and Republicans in Congress have been

unable to agree on a continuing resolution or budget to fund the federal government. With news of barricades at the National Mall and Congress members showing up to greet Honor Fight veterans, things are likely to be different from previous flights. Television and photographic images of Honor Flight veterans from other hubs heading past barricades at the National Mall to visit the memorial quickly became iconic. And political fodder. Southeast Florida’s last flight was in September, before the shenanigans started. Folks at the hub are unsure what they’ll encounter at the memorial, but hope for the best. Domino, who served in the Army from 1943 to 1946, filled out an application to go on the flight back in June, long before there was any talk about shutdowns and closed memorials. He isn’t interested in being an iconic image or making political statements by visiting the memorial. Frankly, Domino hopes the shutdown is finished history when he goes on his Honor Flight. But if it’s not, he plans to see the monument up close. He has some experience getting around fences. This trip, the Southeast Florida Honor Flight folks will have company likely because of the interest in the national Honor Flight program generated by unrequested attention it’s gotten lately. A film crew from Fox News will go along with the Treasure Coast veterans.

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Secretary Shinseki warns veterans’ checks could stop in November For Veteran voice

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Editor’s note: Press time for this story was Monday, Oct. 14. Because of the dynamic nature of the partial government shutdown that began on Oct. 1 numerous changes can develop by publication. Erik Shinseki, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, has a reputation for calling as he sees it. He softened no words to the House Committee on Veterans Affairs, which is chaired by Republican Jeff Miller, who represents Florida’s 1st District, western Panhandle. The former Army general said D-Day is coming for a lot of veterans and family members who depend on pensions, disability compensation and other benefits if Congress doesn’t pass and the president sign a continuing resolution or budget to fully fund the federal government soon. Very soon. “On 1 November, I will not be

able to pay the beneficiaries expecting these checks,” Shinseki said at a hastily called committee meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 9. Shinseki told the committee the Veterans Benefits Administration, VBA, is quickly running out of money from its mandatory-spending accounts. He said nationally more than 5 million veterans, surviving spouse and children usually get more than $6 billion a month in pensions, disability compensation and benefits from the VBA. “As that account has demands written against it, it is exhausted before the end of (October) at some point,” he said. Shinseki added, “Before the end of the month, the account will not support claims in November.” The VA’s financial faucet turning off could have a serious economic effect on Florida said Steve Murray, communications director of the Florida Department of Veterans Affairs. He said the state has more than 270,000 veterans with disabilities. “A vast majority do receive some

sort of financial compensation,” he said. The state veterans department is not affiliated with the federal veterans department. It reports that Brevard, Indian River, St. Lucie, Martin and Okeechobee counties have nearly 121,500 veterans among them collectively receiving about $431 million a year in pensions, compensation and benefits. That doesn’t include the federal dollars that flow into the area through VA programs such as medical facilities. Wayne Teegardin, manager of St. Lucie County’s Veteran Services Office, said he’s hoping things don’t come to empty mailboxes in November. But he’s bracing himself. Normally, the office helps veterans file claims and appeals with the VA. However, Teegardin said United Veterans of St. Lucie County has an emergency fund that his office can refer veterans to for immediate help. With a little more than 23,000 vets in the county drawing almost $6.5 million in pensions, compensation and benefits a month,

Teegardin said that fund could be exhausted quickly if the VA checks don’t come next month. “I think they have $6,800, which isn’t a lot,” he said. “We have other things in place. We have gift cards, food cards and fuel cards. We can do immediate assistance if a veteran is in need of immediate food.” Congressman Patrick Murphy, Jupiter Democrat representing the 18th District, isn’t a member of the House’s veterans committee. In a telephone interview after the hearing, the congressman said he’d read Shinseki’s written testimony. It explained in explicit language, too, that come November the VBA won’t be able to pay pensions, compensation and benefits. “That’s completely unacceptable,” Murphy said. “It’s one more reason this shutdown is an embarrassment and a disgrace on so many levels.” During the shutdown Murphy is donating his congressional pay to

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ment to the committee. He said about a third of federal employees are veterans and the VA interacts the Renewal Coalition, a veterans re-integration program in Jupiter. with numerous federal agencies when examining claims and doing A press release said he’s doing other duties. He said calling anso because federal employees are swering machines at other agenfurloughed without pay. There cies hampers VA’s ability to get have been moves in the House to its job done. pay them retroactively when they “I would say what is best for return to work. In an interview before Shinseki’s veterans and all of us right now is a budget for the entire federal appearance before the commitgovernment,” he told the veterans tee, Congressman Bill Posey’s affairs committee. office said veterans and surviving What’s not at any risk for shutspouses and children should get ting down until next October is their checks no matter what else the Veterans Health Adminishappens during the partial federtration, VHA, said Joe Violante, al shutdown that started on Oct. legislative director of the Disabled 1. Posey is a Republican from American Veterans in an interRockledge representing Florida’s th view before Shinseki’s testimony 8 District. He’s not on the veterto Congress. ans affairs committee. “If we are in a long-term governStuart Burns, chief of staff, said ment shutdown, the only thing during the shutdown there’s been that won’t be affected for veterans much bipartisan concern in the House about keeping the VA fully will be their healthcare,” Violante operational during the shutdown. said. That’s because the VA health“What we did last night, we care system receives advance passed a bill on the floor that appropriations from Congress. basically would fund the rest of VA,” he said in a phone interview. Ray Kelley, national legislative director of the Veterans of Foreign “That was passed on the House Wars, said the VHA’s advance floor and was sent over to the appropriations — which was Senate. Posey voted for it, and enacted by Congress in 2009 to Murphy voted for it as well.” shield veterans health care from He added, “It would assure that federal budget battles, such as all veterans would get paid (their the current shutdown — is more full benefits).” than a big IOU. That bill, which had other pro“VA has money in the bank,” visions, would have to pass the Kelly said in a phone interview. Senate and get President Barack “That advance appropriation Obama’s signature to be law. carved off some money and put it Democratic leadership in the in the bank.” Senate is refusing to consider But that money is only for veterindividual spending bills from ans health care. Posey voted for the House, insisting instead for advance appropriations. Murphy a complete continuing resolution wasn’t in Congress at the time. to keep the federal government To get VA health care, veterans fully operational. Burns said until must apply for it. Their claims go there’s a grand resolution to the to the VBA, which doesn’t receive shutdown, the Senate and Presadvanced funding. ident should move along with Collette Burgess, public affairs agreement points between House officer at the VA’s St. Petersburg Republicans and Democrats, such as paying veterans’ benefits. office, said no matter what happens with the government shut“For us not to move it because we want one big bill doesn’t make down, the VA has funding for processing new claims until late sense,” he said. October at least. However, the Murphy said he has voted for VBA has cut its expenses. measures to assure veterans and “We are not working overtime,” family members get pensions, she said. “Due to the shutdown, compensation and benefits. However, he said doing so was second the Veterans Benefits Administration will not be able to continue choice. overtime for claims processors.” “This piecemeal approach isn’t Shinseki told the committee going to work,” he said. “We have that’s one way the shutdown is to reopen the entire government.” paining veterans even if it’s short. Murphy said that many of the In May, the VA mandated overbills in the House that would time for its claims adjusters to fund a partial government reopening come with a poisoned pill reduce the claims backlog. “Roughly 1,400 veterans a day for many Democrats and Repubare now not receiving decisions licans. He said they appear to be on their disability compensation a tool for some Republicans to claims due to the end of overessentially shut down the federtime,” he said. al government and reopen parts A couple years ago, the VBA they want. House Republican had about a million claims that leadership has resisted votes for a had awaited decisions for more continuing resolution that would than six months at any given reopen the entire federal government. Shinseki made a case for reSee CHECKS page 9 opening the entire federal govern-

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A panorama of the World War II Memorial in Washington, DC, USA. to blend in with other well-wishDC from page 1 ers largely obscured from nationTodd Tucker, the local hub’s vice al television cameras. Tucker said he’s seen Murphy at Operation chairman, said veterans, guardHomecoming before, which startians and organizers agree on one ed in April. thing — Southeast Florida Honor “I really hope by the 19th, the Flight ain’t about to let itself begovernment is reopened,” Murphy come anyone’s political prop. said. “I’ve been to the Memorial 13 or The Office of Management and 14 times, and I’ve never seen a Budget, which reportedly directed politician there, except for Bob the closures of more than 400 naDole,” he said. “I’ve never seen any of these (Congress members). tional park closures, didn’t return It’s a little disappointing that they requests for explanation by press time. A message warned that due found out that the World War II to the government shutdown, Memorial was closed and they rushed over there to be in front of the OMB was short on staff to respond to media requests for the cameras.” interviews. Congressman Patrick Murphy, However, the closures are due to D-Jupiter, representing the 18th the Antideficiency Act, an 1880s District, hopes to again be at law aimed at strengthening ConOperation Homecoming when gress’ constitutional hold on the the veterans return to the Palm federal purse strings. Beach International Airport. The law forbids the executive That’ll be at 8 p.m., and the pubbranch from authorizing any lic is urged to show up to greet expenditures that exceed what the veterans. Murphy said he’s Congress has appropriated. been to Operation Homecoming before, and it’ll give him a chance Additionally, the executive is

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a strong chain of command and following orders. “I’ve become friends with a lot of the National Park Service employees,” he said. “They’re up there day in and day out. They’re there by choice. They love the memorial. They love the veterans. I can only imagine what they’re going through carrying out this order (to close the memorial).” In addition to Honor Flight Southeast Florida, there’s another local hub, Space Coast Honor Flight. That volunteer group also has a flight scheduled for Oct. 19. That flight is from the Orlando International Airport. That hub didn’t provide anyone for interviews by press time. Honor Flight Southeast Florida is on the web at honorflightsefl. org. Space Coast Honor Flight is at spacecoasthonorflight.org. For more about the national Honor Flight Network, see honorflight. org. Information about the Washington D.C. World War II Monument is at wwiimemorial.com.

dinated by the county’s veterans service office.” Among those that got involved early on was Martin County Firefighters and Paramedics, International Association of Fire Fighters Local 2959, which leads what’s turned out to be the largest fundraisers for the flights: an annual fill-the-boot drive. Back in February, firefighters from Martin County and other agencies headed out to parking lots and street corners to ask folks to fill firefighters’ boots with money. And fill they did this year. Turner said that the fill-the-boot drive, which raised the funds for the Oct. 19 flight, brought in $60,000. In a previous interview, John Davidson, the hub’s operations coordinator, said flights cost about $80,000 and carry 85 to 90 veterans. There’s a lot of urgency around everything Honor Flight does. According to a 2008 Associated Press estimate, the once 16.1

million World War II veterans are dying at a rate of more than 1,100 a day. Only about 2 million are living, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs. No one has an exact daily death count, but the VA, AP and others have developed the same estimate by using long-form census data, VA data, and standard mortality tables. The VA estimates that America will have almost no World War II veterans by 2020. Honor Flight trips are free to the veterans. They’re accompanied by guardians, volunteers who pay to their own way to care for the veterans during their visits to Washington, D.C. Turner said the hub has made protocols for dealing with barricades and National Park Service employee it could encounter at the World War II Memorial this flight. They’re aimed at keeping all interactions cordial as possible. Turner said that as a fire department lieutenant, he understands the need for maintaining

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Letter from the president to federal employees From the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs FOR VETERAN VOICE October 1, 2013 To the dedicated and hard-working employees of the United States Government: The Federal Government is America’s largest employer, with more than 2 million civilian workers and 1.4 million active duty military who serve in all 50 States and around the world. But Congress has failed to meet its responsibility to pass a budget before the fiscal year that begins today. And that means much of our Government must shut down effective today. I want you to know that I will keep working to get Congress to reopen the Government, restart vital services that the American people depend on, and allow public servants who have been sent

home to return to work. At my direction, your agencies should have reached out to you by now about what a shutdown means for you and your families. Today, I wanted to take a moment to tell you what you mean to me - and to our country. That begins by saying thank you for the work you do every day-work that is vitally important to our national security and to American families’ economic security. You defend our country overseas and ensure that our troops receive the benefits they deserve when they come home. You guard our borders and protect our civil rights. You help small businesses expand and gain new footholds in overseas markets. You guide hundreds of thousands of people each day through the glory of America’s national parks and monuments, from Yosemite to the Statue of Liberty. And much more.

President Barack Obama You do all this in a political climate that, too often in recent years, has treated you like a punching bag. You have endured three years of a Federal pay

freeze, harmful sequester cuts, and now, a shutdown of our Government. And yet, you persevere, continuing to serve the American people with passion, professionalism, and skill. None of this is fair to you. And should it continue, it will make it more difficult to keep attracting the kind of driven, patriotic, idealistic Americans to public service that our citizens deserve and that our system of self-government demands. Public service is noble. Public service is important. And by choosing public service, you carry on a proud tradition at the heart of some of this country’s greatest and most lasting achievements. In fact, more than 50 current or former Federal employees have received the Nobel Prize for their efforts. It was grants from the

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“We continue our burial services, just not at the rate we’re used to,” he said. Additionally, he said about 20 VA construction and more than 30 major leasing projects could be delayed if the partial shutdown continues. He said reopening the government in late October won’t assure veterans and families will get paid on time. “That would not be able to turn on checks on 1 November, and that’s my big concern here,” he said. There have been moves in Congress in recent years to create advance appropriations for the entire VA to protect it from temporary budget battles.

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