Military Dot Com Update.

The following stories are from Military.Com,a very worthy "Pro-Troops" web site. It is definitely a site worthsubscribing to and getting weekly updates from. I am sure Bill O'Reilly woulddeem this a "far left kool-aid drinkers site".

'War Wounded Underpaid'
Disability compensation for veterans severely wounded inIraq and Afghanistan, particularly the youngest, is set too low, creating alifetime earnings gap with non-disabled peers, according to a draft study ondisabled veterans' incomes prepared for the Veterans Disability BenefitsCommission....More

My 2 cents: In my opinion this is criminal. We are constantly beingtold who supports the troops and who doesn't, well I support them (not the war)and my support doesn't stop when they can no longer pull the trigger

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'Bill OKs Lowering Flags When Troops Die'
Legislation passed by Congress would require all federalagencies in a state to comply with a governor's request that they fly theirflags at half-staff to honor a fallen service member. The measure would amendfederal law with regard to the flying of the national flag at half-staff....More

My 2 cents: I can't wait to hear conservative talkradio, Fox News and the "Pro-war" element start telling us why thisisn't good. After all, the flags will be flying half-staff constantly for a verylong time.

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'Army Brass Losing Influence'
At a time when the U.S. Army's Soldiers are doing most ofthe fighting and dying in Iraq and Afghanistan, the service's influence in keydecision-making positions is waning. Of the U.S. military's nine combatcommands, only two are run by Army generals, and that number will soon be cut inhalf....More

My 2 cents: Bush fired all the teachers and brought in substitutes.Smooth move Ex-Lax.

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'Bill Would Improve Care for Veterans'
Responding to shabby treatment of wounded Soldiers atWalter Reed Army Medical Center, a group of senators moved to boost disabilitypay to those hurt in combat and improve care for brain injury....More

My 2 cents: Even though this legislation wasintroduced from both parties, lets not forget that some of these bastards werewell aware of the conditions at Walter Reed.

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'Agent Orange Still Haunts Vietnam, U.S.'
More than 30 years after the Vietnam War ended, thepoisonous legacy of Agent Orange has emerged anew with a scientific study thathas found extraordinarily high levels of health-threatening contamination at theformer U.S. air base at Danang....More

My 2 cents: Neglecting war veterans has been going on for so long, youwould think they would have it figured out by now. It's all about money andpolitics.

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[granny]

I like this set up of the news item followed by "My 2 Cents". I like that alot.