Recognizing Veterans
Today the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners passed a proclamation recognizing veterans. The proclamation was submitted by Commissioner Cogen in recognition of the 197 Multnomah County employees who are veterans or who are on active duty. The Board also wanted to acknowledge the contributions of all of our veterans, and to highlight the important duty we have, as a county and as a community, to warmly welcome them back and help them and their families reintegrate after their military service is over.
Below are links to two very alarming articles on homeless veterans and the challenges of reintegration. We still have a chance to get out in front of this problem, but there is no doubt that the challenge of avoiding a repeat of the Vietnam era is a huge one.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/08/us/08vets.html?hp
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/H/HOMELESS_VETERANS?SITE=WWL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
This story from today's Oregonian shares some local perspective on the enormous debt we owe our veterans.
Posted on November 8, 2007
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