The Nation has posted a short comment by Ari Berman about California Congressman Bob Filner, represents San Diego. The new chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, Filner is passionate about veterans' issues. Berman writes:
Critics have said that Filner is too emotional. But Tim Walz, a freshman Democrat on Filner's committee who spent twenty-four years in the Minnesota National Guard, disagrees. "As a vet," Walz says, "I want a bulldog there that's fighting for us."
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