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Musgrove attacks opponent's record on veterans issues
By Harlan Kirgan, The Mississippi Press
September 13th, 2008
OCEAN SPRINGS -- Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Ronnie Musgrove said Republican Sen. Roger Wicker's record on veterans' issues "is wrong for Mississippi."
"The veterans of Mississippi can count on Ronnie Musgrove to stand up for them," Musgrove said at the Missis sippi Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Friday.
"For more than 200 years, they have defended our nation and have ensured the sacred values of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for so many of us. It is our responsibility to treat them with the honor they have earned when they come home," Musgrove said in a news release that was handed out at the event.
"Interim Senator Roger Wicker has a long record of voting against issues important to veterans, including votes against increased health-care funds for veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan and job assistance for veterans returning from overseas," Musgrove said in the news release.