Republicans fired bad news messengers about VA budget - check it out

[steve2470]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1632451

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGB6FBH38BE.html


Shortfall for Veterans' Services Foretold, but House GOP Leaders Fired the


Edited on Sat Jul-16-05 01:04 PM by steve2470

Messengers (rest of headline)

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGB6FBH38BE.html

By Suzanne Gamboa Associated Press Writer
Published: Jul 16, 2005






WASHINGTON (AP) - Fellow Republicans warned House Speaker Dennis Hastert and Majority Leader Tom DeLay more than a year ago that the government would come up short - by at least $750 million - for veterans' health care.

The leaders' response: Fire the messengers.

Now that the Bush administration has acknowledged a shortfall of at least $1.2 billion, embarrassed Republicans are scrambling to fill the gap. Meanwhile, Democrats portray the problem as another example of the GOP and the White House taking a shortsighted approach to the cost of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and criticize their commitment to the troops.

New Jersey Rep. Chris Smith, as chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, had told the House GOP leadership that the Veterans Affairs Department needed at least $2.5 billion more in its budget.

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[barbaraann]

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And they have Stanford connections from the time Condi Rice was Provost.

http://www.acumen-llc.com/

http://www.acumen-llc.com/clients.html

[steve2470]

2. This should outrage all DU veterans ! nt

[steve2470]

3. dupe sorry nt