Republican presidential hopeful Carly Fiorina has courted veterans issues during debates, stump speeches and town halls, and her super PAC, CARLY for America, claims she would continue to do so as president.
So to gain a better understanding of the issues plaguing the Department of Veterans Affairs, Fiorina’s principal outside support group recently went to the source, hosting a roundtable with U.S. veterans.
“None of us knew each other, but we were able to commiserate with one another at a veteran level, and that is an experience lacking in the federal government today,” retired Navy Capt. Kevin Dillon explains in a video released Sunday evening by the PAC.
Dillon is one of several veterans featured in the four-minute video. He is among those who blame government bureaucracy for corruption and inefficiency in the VA.
“If we believe that the government can solve the problem with more bureaucracy, it won’t work,” says one veteran in the video.
“They don’t even speak the same language,” adds Dan Hill, a retired U.S. Air Force captain.
Fiorina was one of three GOP hopefuls to participate in separate “Veterans and Military Town Hall” events hosted by the Concerned Veterans for America earlier this fall. Though she has publicly backed CVA’s proposal to privatize veterans’
Fiorina will join eight of her Republican rivals in Las Vegas, Nev., on Tuesday for the final GOP primary debate of 2015. The debate will air live at 8:30 p.m. ET on CNN.
