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You don't think this reporter is trying to create a story, rather than just report one, do you?

Cheney Tries to Calm Vets on Health Care

WASHINGTON - While veterans are worried about proposed cuts to their health care, Vice President Dick Cheney tried to reassure the American Legion on Tuesday that the Bush administration is committed to improving the system.

"The President and I came to office determined to enhance the quality of veterans' health care, to significantly increase the resources going to (Veterans Affairs), to modernize VA facilities, to improve service to veterans' families and to trim the backlog in processing disability claims," Cheney said. "We're meeting these objectives, but we'll never be complacent about the progress being made."

Leaders of the 3 million-member American Legion have been increasingly vocal about proposed increases for some veterans in enrollment fees, prescription copayments, premiums and deductibles.

Increasingly vocal, eh? And what evidence are we given in the article to support this conclusion that veterans are becoming "increasingly vocal" and are in need of "calming" from the Vice President? This quote from the American Legion's Peter Gaytan:

"We thank Vice President Cheney for speaking to the American Legion and we remind him that the Legion fully supports an adequate Veterans Administration budget to allow all eligible veterans to receive the care they have earned and deserve," Gaytan said in an interview after Cheney's remarks.

Oh yes. That man needs soothing.

Just another instance of the media trying to create news rather than just report it.