Local News
Sending a message: Rallygoers protest changes to Veteran Affairs on D-Day in Orem
A rally was held outside of the Orem Veterans Affairs office on D-Day on Friday to protest changes to Veterans Affairs, a federal agency that provides benefits and health care to military veterans. Veterans and other protestors held up signs celebrating veterans and denouncing recent dismissals of VA employees and efforts to privatize VA care. There is a "valid need" to scale back on some government spending, said event organizer Sarah McConkie of Indivisible Utah County, but she insisted United States veterans should be protected. “Of all the places, to cut jobs or benefits for ...
