Veterans ask Sen. Coburn to drop hold on bill
WASHINGTON - Veterans and their supporters called on U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla. , on Friday to drop his hold and allow a vote to be held on a bill to offer assistance and improve benefits to wounded veterans and their caregivers.
Without identifying Coburn by name, Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii , chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee , said a single senator is denying veterans improved benefits.
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