The Record on Veterans In the State of the Union Address, President Bush will announce increased compensation for veterans. Meanwhile, in the real world, veterans are apoplectic about this administration. If you're aware of this, you probably listen to veterans or the Shameless Antagonist rather than FOX, CNN, or MSNBC. Apparently this isn't newsworthy: The leader of the nation's largest military veterans organization has reacted strongly to comments made by the Pentagon's undersecretary for personnel and readiness, Dr. David Chu. Chu was quoted in a Wall Street Journal article Tuesday, pitting veterans from past wars against those currently serving in the war on terrorism, alleging veterans' benefits were taking away funds from national defense. "His remarks about veterans' pay and benefits that 'the amounts have gotten to the point where they are hurtful...they are taking away from the nation's ability to defend itself' is a slap in the face to every veteran who took the oath to uphold and defend the constitution against all enemies," Cadmus wrote in a letter to the editor of the Journal. "Our country cannot separate military retirees from veterans -- a veteran is a veteran!" asserted Thomas P. Cadmus, national commander of The American Legion. "When their country called all gave their best -- some gave their last -- and they deserve the best our country can give them." Read The Full Press Release: