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[StephanieVanbryce]

Or another way of looking at his firt two years ... here

On Military Veterans and Families

1) A $112.8 billion VA budget, an increase of 15.5 percent over 2009, the largest percentage increase for VA requested by a president in more than 30 years.

2) Implemented a strategic plan to increase the hiring of Veterans and Military spouses throughout the Federal civil service.
3) Provided for the expenses of families of to be at Dover AFB when fallen soldiers arrive.

4) Passed the Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2009 increasing the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans.

5) Declared the end of the war in Iraqi bringing back nearly 100,000 U.S. troops home to their families.

6) Donated 250K of Nobel prize money to Fisher House, a group that helps provide housing for families of patients receiving medical care at military and Veterans Affairs medical centers

7) Ended media blackout on war casualties; giving access to the return home of a dead US soldier for the first time since an 18-year ban on coverage was lifted.

8) Create a 'Green Vet Initiative' to promote environmental jobs for veterans

9) Signed into law the 2009 Military Spouses Residency Relief Act, that will allow military spouses to claim residency in the same state as their sponsor and retain that residency as long as the service member is in the military, in the process avoiding the states where they currently reside from taxing their earned income.

10) Signed the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010

Read the rest here ..You don't have to click too many links unless you want to, they have his accomplishments listed in every area ...;)
http://www.thepeoplesview.net/2011/09/so-that-ignorance-wont-be-reason-why.html