| Democratic candidates Dan Maffei (NY-25), Eric Massa (NY-29) and Jon Powers (NY-26) will hold a press conference beginning at 9 a.m. tomorrow at the Rochester Veterans Outreach Center, 459 South Ave., Rochester NY 14620.
  
From Massa's e-mailed press release:
Since the war in Iraq began on March 19th, 2003, 3,990 American troops have been killed, tens of thousands have been injured and hundreds of thousands of Iraqis have died. While President Bush and Randy Kuhl continue to block health care for working Americans, deny us the truth of our economic situation, and create more hurdles for Veterans requiring services, they have no problem spending $3 trillion on a war of choice against a country that had no involvement in the 9/11 attacks.
"Those of us that wore the uniform honor our men and women who stood with us," said retired Navy Commander Eric Massa. "Today I call on Randy Kuhl to finally stand up to George W. Bush's failed foreign policy. Since he came into office, Mr. Kuhl has gone out of his way to rubber stamp President Bush's each and every demand for Iraq. We are currently spending almost $6,000 per second in Baghdad while thousands of children right here in Western New York cannot receive access to health care. Additionally, our returning Veterans continue to encounter more and more red tape while trying to receive the long-term care they have earned. This is the hypocrisy of incumbency and we must hold our failed leaders accountable."
Massa served in the U.S. Navy and Powers served as a U.S. Army Captain in Iraq. Maffei is very knowledgeable of veterans issues and the Iraq War and he stresses the importance of both.
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