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Press Release of Senator Ensign

ENSIGN: GROUNDBREAKING HONORS VETERANS

Thursday, October 19, 2006

Las Vegas, NV – Senator Ensign and the rest of the Nevada delegation will honor Nevada’s veterans at tomorrow’s groundbreaking for the southern Nevada VA medical center. Ensign will be joined by Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Jim Nicholson, Senator Harry Reid, Congressman Jon Porter, Congresswoman Shelley Berkley and a representative for Congressman Jim Gibbons.

“When we break ground on the VA medical center tomorrow, we fulfill a long-overdue promise to Nevada’s veterans,” Ensign said. “Our veterans have sacrificed so much for this nation. They deserve access to first-class healthcare, and I’m thrilled that we are another step closer to providing them that care right here in southern Nevada.”



WHAT: VA MEDICAL CENTER GROUND BREAKING

WHO: SECRETARY NICHOLSON, NEVADA CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION

WHEN: OCTOBER 20, 2006 10 A.M.

WHERE: 215 BELTWAY AND PECOS