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John McCain was among those who condemned the move by his fellow Republican. The VA and the wider medical community recognized post-traumatic stress disorder - what had been previously been dismissed as shell shock - as a genuine condition while Cleland was in charge, and he worked to provide veterans and their families with better care.Ĭleland’s 2002 Senate loss generated enduring controversy after the campaign of Saxby Chambliss aired a commercial that displayed images of Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein and questioned the Democrat’s commitment to defending the nation. Fellow veterans cheered when President Jimmy Carter appointed Cleland to lead the Veterans Administration, a post he held from 1977 to 1981.