“Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) listens to testimony at a Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee hearing on outreach programs in Vermont for service members returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. (Photo by Renée Bouchard for the U.S. Senate.) – -Lt. Col. John C. Boyd, deputy chief of staff for personnel for the Vermont Army National Guard, testifies before the U.S. Senate Veterans’Affairs Committee about a Vermont veterans outreach program. (Photo by Renée Bouchard for the U.S. Senate.) – -Following the hearing, Sen. Sanders met in his office with Lt. Col. Boyd and Major Randy Gates, State Family Program director of the Family Readiness Program.”