{"id":63,"date":"2006-02-26T22:41:07","date_gmt":"2006-02-27T03:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2006\/02\/26\/what-they-brag-about-in-washington\/"},"modified":"2006-02-26T22:41:07","modified_gmt":"2006-02-27T03:41:07","slug":"what-they-brag-about-in-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2006\/02\/26\/what-they-brag-about-in-washington\/","title":{"rendered":"What They Brag About in Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In his speech to the American Legion last Friday, Bush boasted, &#8220;<font face=\"Trebuchet MS\" size=\"2\">With my 2007 budget, we&#8217;ll increase VA&#8217;s medical care budget by 69 percent since 2001. 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