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How Quickly They (And We) Forget
After being repeatedly embarrassed over the shabby treatment of returning Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans in the military and Veterans Administration health-care systems, the White House is surely hoping that you and I have short memories.
This is because the president, who has run up $3 trillion in new debt on his watch, is threatening to veto a spending bill that includes an increase in funding for veterans’ physical and mental health-care needs.
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One Response to “How Quickly They (And We) Forget”
After wasting billions in no bid contracts and out and out fraud in Katrina and Iraq , now the administration decides it needs to be thrifty. Because it only supports the troops when they’re over in Iraq in the line of fire. As soon as they step back on American soil they become part of the growing entitlement problem. Thus the need for the veto.