McClatchy: Some Fear 'Perfect Storm' for VA with 2 Wars, Economy

McClatchy spoke to IAVA Policy Director Vanessa Williamson for this article about how the economic crisis and the troop increase in Afghanistan could create a "perfect storm" that floods an already stressed VA health care system.

"The VA is seeing a flood of new veterans who are entering the job market during the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression," said Vanessa Williamson, the policy director for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. "The American dream of buying a home is being put on hold. Unemployment rates are sky high, and for those who can find a job, many aren't getting health care coverage through work. All of these things combine to put real stresses on the VA."