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Presidential hopefuls speak to VFW 》 ELECTION 2008 BY JOHN HANNA ASSOCIATED PRESS KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Many veterans attending a national convention disagreed with Sen. Barack Obama about the Iraq war but warmed to the Democratic presidential candidate Tuesday for promising to improve services for them. But former Sen. Fred Thompson, who's expected to enter the Republican race next month, said those issues aren't as pressing as keeping Americans secure. He said the U.S. needs to rebuild its military to fight global terrorism because leaders "took a holiday" in the 1990s after the end of the Cold War. Like Sen. John McCain, another GOP hopeful who spoke Monday, Thompson said U.S.-led forces are making progress in quelling violence and chaos in Iraq and should be given more time. And, like Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, the leading Democratic contender who also addressed the convention Monday, Obama said he favors a careful withdrawal. Obama and Clinton also said they'd overhaul the Department of Veterans Affairs. Clinton said shed appoint a top White House staffer to handle veterans' issues, while Obama said his veterans' agency would have the same stature as the Department of Defense. "No veteran should have to fill out a 23-page claim to get care or wait months, even years, to get an appointment at the VA," Obama said, drawing loud applause and a few cheers from hundreds of VFW members. "When a veteran is denied care, we're all dishonored." Chris Taylor, a spokesman for the Republican National Committee, said portraying the Department of Veterans Affairs under President Bush as poorly run represents "campaign politics." "There's nothing really positive that they can say about him because they're vying for the far left vote," Taylor said. And Thompson told VFW members: "You'll never be bereft of having a politician in your face with his litany of issues and talking points, with all the things he or she is going to solve. But unless we have security for this nation, unless we can protect our families and ourselves and our government, there are no solutions to any of these other problems." Still, some VFW members were receptive to remarks about improving services. Walter Siler, of Miami, a former army field artillery and transportation specialist who served in Vietnam, said he's had trouble obtaining benefits after suffering from diabetes and losing the hearing in his left ear. "The service-connected issues are the most important issues," Siler said. And Lawrence LeFebvre, a former Army chaplain's assistant from Kansas City, Mo., who also served in Vietnam said: "You've got, certainly, an elder group here that relies on the VA system for health care, and when it's lacking, they're all affected." Clinton said the nation needs more VA hospitals, and Obama proposed increased staffing for programs and better mental health screening and treatment. ASSOCIATED PRESS Along for the ride Ben DeBoer of Nampa, Idaho, is pulled by his Doberman Doc, as he rides his skateboard Tuesday. Doc is one of five dogs DeBoer says he takes out for exercise about every other day. ODD NEWS Jungle Jim's flushes restroom competition FAIRFIELD, Ohio — A suburban Cincinnati grocery store cleaned up Tuesday in an annual contest for America's tidiest toilets. The restrooms at Jungle Jim's International Market appear to be portable toilets, but they actually lead to real jungle-themed restrooms with flowers, marble and tropical pictures. They were named the nation's finest in a nonscientific online poll sponsored by a bathroom supply company. Cintas Corp., based in Cincinnati, said Tuesday that tens of thousands of online votes were cast in the sixth competition, choosing from finalists selected for hygiene, style and public access. Also-rans included a Las Vegas hotel lounge and an upscale restaurant in Flushing, Mich. Leawood woman didn't see it coming LEAWOOD As marriage proposals go, what this one lacked in romantic ambience it more than made up for in surprise. Sitting in the exam chair at Hunter Family Vision, Rebecca Savoy started to read the letters. The big E, of course. Then: W Hmm, she thought. Odd there. would be two L's in a row. MARRY "I thought, "That's such a cute word to put up there." Savoy said. "I wasn't putting two and two together. But when 'ME?' popped up. I just burst into tears" Finally, "LOVE, JOSEPH." With that, Joseph Wachtel pulled off his elaborate scheme to ask his girlfriend, when she little expected it, to marry him. on the record Police went to Holiday Inn Express at 3411 Iowa Street Monday morning to examine a bomb threat. No evidence of explosives was found. The bomb threat was actually sent to Holiday Inn two days earlier, but no one read the e-mail until Monday morning. Wal-Mart, located at 3300 Iowa Street, reported that someone stole $643 worth of DVD's from the store Friday evening. An 18-year-old KU student reported a battery at 1011 Alabama St. early Saturday morning. His cell phone and glasses were damaged during the incident, costing $550. A 22-year-old KU student reported damage to her Jeep Grand Cherokee located at 1340 Ohio St. Damages totaled $3,300. EDUCATION Schools expect to recover from teacher shortage TOPEKA — The state's top educator says Kansas faced a record teacher shortage two months ago but hopes the situation will improve with the start of the new school year. Education Commissioner Alexa Posny, who appeared before a legislative committee Tuesday, said there were 1,144 vacancies in June among 37,000 teaching positions. "That is the greatest number of vacancies we have seen at that point in time," Posny said. "We are working to fill the vacancies." She said education officials won't know how many vacancies there are at the start of the 2007-08 school year until they check the 296 school districts next month. Each district decides when its school year begins although most already have started. ASSOCIATED PRESS corrections Monday's article "Judo club gets physical, not violent" contained multiple errors. The story misidentified Ryan Hilger. 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