Obama pledges more support for veterans

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By The Associated Press

Story Published: Aug 27, 2008 at 4:06 PM MDT

Story Updated: Aug 27, 2008 at 4:06 PM MDT

BILLINGS - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says his Republican rival, John McCain, deserves gratitude but not votes for his years of military service.

Obama spoke Wednesday to a largely partisan crowd of several hundred veterans and their families in Billings, his last stop before he is scheduled to accept his party's nomination in Denver. If elected, the Illinois senator has pledged to get more funding for veterans health programs, improve mental health treatment for soldiers returning from war and end the war in Iraq.

By reaching out to the nation's 25 million veterans, the Obama campaign is hoping to make inroads on a constituency that has traditionally leaned Republican.

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