article_snippet.sent: To the approval of the audience, Jim Webb promised to come back to Iowa regularly.
article_snippet.sent: Webb, who is in the midst of a four-day trip to Iowa, stayed in Des Moines and headlined a veterans event on Saturday morning in Waterloo.
article_snippet.sent: Jim Webb regularly speaks about Jim Webb service and appeared more at home at a veterans event.
article_snippet.sent: Jim Webb told war stories with young and old veterans and spoke at length about how the government could be doing more for veterans.
article_snippet.sent: Jim Webb also touted Jim Webb work on passing the 21st Century G.I. Bill of Rights, a 2008 act that expanded education benefits for veterans, and stressed that more needed to be done.
article_snippet.sent: After a veterans event, Jim Webb shook hands with people veterans who told stories about dropped benefits and problems with the Department of Veterans Affairs.
article_snippet.sent: Jim Webb occasionally smiled and thanked people for coming on a sunny Saturday morning.
article_snippet.sent: Asked whether Jim Webb enjoys the retail politics that is crucial in early voting states like Iowa and New Hampshire, Jim Webb smiled.
article_snippet.sent: This time, Jim Webb put on a rosy view.
article_snippet.sent: This is the good part of it, "Jim Webb said, with a laugh. "