Canada's highest-ranking soldier is praising wounded veterans for exposing the federal government's failure to take care of them and says ombudsman Pat Stogran is raising the right issues in his aggressive campaign on their behalf.

Chief of Defence Staff Walter Natynczyk would not comment directly on the Harper government's decision not to reappoint Mr. Stogran, a retired colonel, as veterans ombudsman, but gave credence to what the watchdog had to say in an emotionally charged news conference this week with disabled and frustrated vets.

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