明尼苏达州候任州长 Klobuchar 发表退伍军人节声明 称退伍军人办事不该排队等
位于美国明尼苏达州的联邦参议员、候任州长 Amy Klobuchar 于11月11日退伍军人节发表声明，呼吁明尼苏达州居民向退伍军人致敬，并承诺无论是在联邦参议院还是出任州长，都会继续为退伍军人争取应得的保障。
Klobuchar 说，退伍军人节对她个人别有意义：她的父亲曾在朝鲜战争期间服役，退伍回乡后成为一名报人，喜欢写身边平凡人做出不平凡事迹的「我们身边的英雄」。她说，今年明尼苏达州又多了新的致敬方式：Little Falls 新落成的明尼苏达军事与退伍军人博物馆在讲述一代代明尼苏达州军人的故事，Bloomington 也新建了退伍军人纪念碑。
她在声明中说，致敬退伍军人不能只停留在言辞上：军人当年报名参军时没有排队等候，他们回乡后找工作、找住房、看病时同样不该排队等候。这意味着要让退伍军人的伤残福利申请按时处理、让他们拿到应得的教育福利，并在他们居住的地方获得优质医疗与服务。她说，自己曾与两党同事共同推动跨党派的《PACT 法案》，扩大对服役期间接触橙剂、燃烧坑等有毒物质人员的照护。
Klobuchar 在11月3日的中期选举中当选明尼苏达州州长，将成为该州第一位女性州长，预计于明年1月就职。她在声明结尾向明尼苏达州的退伍军人、现役军人与军属致谢，称他们是美国最好的一面。
Minnesota Governor-Elect Klobuchar Marks Veterans Day, Saying Veterans Should Face No Waiting Line for Care
U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, the state's governor-elect, issued a Veterans Day statement on November 11 calling on Minnesotans to honor veterans and pledging to keep fighting for the promises made to those who served, whether in the U.S. Senate or as the state's next governor.
Klobuchar said Veterans Day has always been personal to her because her father served during the Korean War and, after returning home, became a newspaperman who loved writing about the heroes among us, ordinary people doing extraordinary things. This year in Minnesota, she said, the new Minnesota Military and Veterans Museum in Little Falls is telling the story of generations of Minnesotans who served, and a new veterans memorial has opened in Bloomington.
Honoring veterans takes more than words, she said: when troops signed up to serve, there was no waiting line, and when they come home and need a job, housing or health care, there should not be a waiting line either. That means processing disability claims on time, delivering the G.I. benefits veterans have earned, and providing quality health care and services no matter where they live. She noted her work with colleagues on both sides of the aisle on the bipartisan PACT Act, which expanded care for those exposed to toxic substances such as Agent Orange and burn pits during their service.
Klobuchar won Minnesota's governor's race in the November 3 midterm elections and will become the state's first woman governor when she takes office in January. She closed her statement by thanking Minnesota's veterans, service members and military families, calling them the best of America.
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图片来源：图：美国参议员、明尼苏达州候任州长 Amy Klobuchar 官方肖像（公共领域，本图已预裁为 16:9）。美国参议院，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Official portrait of U.S. Senator and Minnesota Governor-elect Amy Klobuchar (public domain, pre-cropped to 16:9). U.S. Senate, via Wikimedia Commons.
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