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GEORGE THOMAS HUFF, 79, of South Point, Ohio, husband of Minnie "Jackie" Huff, died May 16 at home. He retired from Sturm-Sulzer Mechanical Engineering, Barboursville. Funeral service will be 10

Letter: Brownley has been there for vets Ventura County Star After reading Mr. Nelson’s letter to the editor, I was disgusted. Since Congresswoman Julia Brownley took office over eight years ago, she and her staff have worked for and on local veteran problems nonstop. At the time Congresswoman Brownley took office, I was the President of the Vietnam Veterans of Ventura County (VVVC). I made it a point to meet with her and her staff to ensure that local veterans would have her support. As a result, I, along with other officers of the VVVC, have been the eyes and ears for the Congresswoman fo...

This is a systemic problem and they have been cheating and gaming this for years. >> you say this is a systemic problem. how do you -- i mean, how can you say -- how can you say that for sure? >> well, i guess i can't say that for sure. it's certainly been going on in phoenix for years and talked the people at other vas and told me the same thing. basically when you have a system where if the hospital director turns in good numbers to the vision director, they get ahead. if the vision director turns in good numbers to the va administration, they ahead. if congress comes and asked how's the va ...

Problem. how do you -- i mean, how can you say -- how can you say that for sure? >> well, i guess i can't say that for sure. it's certainly been going on in phoenix for years and talked the people at other vas and told me the same thing. basically when you have a system where if the hospital director turns in good numbers to the vision director, they get ahead. if the vision director turns in good numbers to the va administration, they ahead. if congress comes and asked how's the va doing? numbers are great. so there's absolutely no incentive for upper va management to demand or get good numbe...

Believe we have two candidates running for president that haven't served in the military. i'm sure you've been talking to some of the veterans. what do they want to hear from the man whoever that is, that will be the next commander-in-chief? >> we talked to some of them after president obama spoke yesterday. some sounded pleased with what they heard. others said they were waiting to hear what governor romney had to say. they suggested they wanted him to be straight with veterans what he is going to do if elected. take a listen to this. >> i would suggest to mr. romney he take as hard look what...