FACT SHEET: SUPPORTING OUR TROOPS

President Obama has fullled his promise to responsibly end the war in Iraq: All U.S. troops
serving there will be home before the end of the year. To make sure returning servicemembers have a fair shot at the opportunities they risked their lives to protect, the President has fought to expand and improve benets for veterans and their families here at homefrom access to health care to the educational and career opportunities they deserve.

500,000
Number of veterans, previously denied care, who will be eligible for Veterans Affairs health care by 2013

$150 MILLION
Amount the VA is spending to hire and train over two thousand claims processors so veterans can get care more quickly and efciently

Years

Operation

Enduring

Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom veterans receiving VA care will be screened annually for PostTraumatic Stress Disorder, depression, and problem drinking

five

1.8 million
Women veterans who will benet from new programs established by the Presidents Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010, including child care, reintegration and readjustment training, and sexual trauma counseling

ONE
Electronic health record per veteran, as part of a new system being developed to avoid burdening returning servicemembers with keeping track of potentially multiple paper records Number of unemployed veterans today. The President signed the Vow to

1 MILLION

Hire Heroes Act to make better job training and career counseling available to returning servicemembers and provide incentives for businesses to hire veterans who are unemployed or disabled

$9,600
Amount businesses could receive in tax credits for hiring un e m ployed and disabled veterans

Up to

Amount a typical working middle-class family, including many military families, will save if Congress passes President Obamas payroll tax cut extension

100,000
Number of u n employed veterans or military spouses the President challenged private sector businesses to hire or train

$45 million
Investment to support accredited physician assistant training programs to help military medics transition to civilian life

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