Veterans policies pivotal issue in Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race

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By Salena Zito

Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Lehigh Valley, touts his record on veterans issues as Democratic challenger Joe Sestak, a former Navy admiral and congressman, jabs Toomey about whether he’s really supportive of those who served and their families.

There are 21.8 million veterans of the armed forces ā€” nearly 1 million in Pennsylvania ā€” so those votes could be important when Toomey defends his seat in 2016.

Katie McGinty, an environmentalist who was Gov. Tom Wolf’s chief of staff and has the backing of former Gov. Ed Rendell, stepped into the Democratic primary race in August. She has not weighed in on veterans’ issues.

Toomey, a member of the Senate Congressional Veterans Jobs Caucus, told the Tribune-Review that recent hire vetsproblems, such as the Department of Veterans Affairs’ backlog in processing health care claims, ā€œwere completely unacceptable. We have made improvements, but we still have a long way to go with that.ā€

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