Senate Candidates Focus On Military, Veterans

The television ads from the candidates and outside groups have also frequently addressed military issues, with Ernst highlighting her role as a lieutenant colonel and a battalion commander in the Iowa National Guard and Braley pushing his efforts as congressman to improve services for veterans. "If you recall back over the last decade, we haven't had a race like this in Iowa where people talk about veteran issues like this," said Will Rogers, chairman of the Republican Party of Polk County, who served in the Army during the first Gulf War. The recent scandals surrounding veterans' health care and the air strikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq mean the troops are on people's minds. Braley, 56, a four-term congressman, stresses that his father was a Marine and has touted his record working on veterans issues, which includes sponsoring legislation to provide tax credits to businesses that hire veterans and seeking GI benefits for Iowa veterans who were originally denied them. At a speech before a GOP women's group, Ernst recently pledged to work with Democratic Sen.

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