imported_Madouvit
02-06-2004, 16:57
President Bush spent the Memorial Day weekend thanking the nation's
veterans for their service,
saying "we acknowledge the debt [we owe them] by showing our respect
and gratitude." [1] Yet, his rhetoric came just hours after the Bush
Administration announced new plans to slash veterans health care funding if
it returns to power in 2005.
Late last week, the Administration released a memo detailing a plan to
cut $1 billion from the Veterans Administration [2] in the first budget
of its second term. The cut would come even after the White House has
tried to close veterans hospitals throughout the country, [3] and has
proposed veterans health care budgets that have been criticized by
veterans groups and the President's own Veterans Affairs secretary. [4] It
also comes after the president decided to cut off 164,000 veterans from
their existing prescription drug coverage, [5] and threatened to veto
[6] any bill that would allow veterans to receive both the military
pension they were promised, and any disability compensation to which they
are entitled.
Visit Misleader.org for more about Bush Administration distortion. -->
http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1741794&l=38287
Sources:
1. Presidential Weekly Radio Address Speech, WhiteHouse.gov, 05/29/04,
http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1741794&l=38288.
2. "Democrats rip Bush's outline for cuts in domestic programs," Palm
Beach Post, 5/28/04,
http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1741794&l=38289.
3. "VA Seeks Major Hospital Overhaul," CBS News, 8/05/03,
http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1741794&l=38290.
4. "President Bush's Veterans' Budget Called Woefully Inadequate and
Inexcusable," Senate Democratic Policy Committee, 2/12/04,
http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1741794&l=38291.
5. "VA Cuts Some Veterans' Access to Health Care," Washington Post,
1/17/03, http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1741794&l=38292.
6. " Bush Threatens Veto of Defense Bill," Washington Post, 10/7/02,
p.A02.
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veterans for their service,
saying "we acknowledge the debt [we owe them] by showing our respect
and gratitude." [1] Yet, his rhetoric came just hours after the Bush
Administration announced new plans to slash veterans health care funding if
it returns to power in 2005.
Late last week, the Administration released a memo detailing a plan to
cut $1 billion from the Veterans Administration [2] in the first budget
of its second term. The cut would come even after the White House has
tried to close veterans hospitals throughout the country, [3] and has
proposed veterans health care budgets that have been criticized by
veterans groups and the President's own Veterans Affairs secretary. [4] It
also comes after the president decided to cut off 164,000 veterans from
their existing prescription drug coverage, [5] and threatened to veto
[6] any bill that would allow veterans to receive both the military
pension they were promised, and any disability compensation to which they
are entitled.
Visit Misleader.org for more about Bush Administration distortion. -->
http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1741794&l=38287
Sources:
1. Presidential Weekly Radio Address Speech, WhiteHouse.gov, 05/29/04,
http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1741794&l=38288.
2. "Democrats rip Bush's outline for cuts in domestic programs," Palm
Beach Post, 5/28/04,
http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1741794&l=38289.
3. "VA Seeks Major Hospital Overhaul," CBS News, 8/05/03,
http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1741794&l=38290.
4. "President Bush's Veterans' Budget Called Woefully Inadequate and
Inexcusable," Senate Democratic Policy Committee, 2/12/04,
http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1741794&l=38291.
5. "VA Cuts Some Veterans' Access to Health Care," Washington Post,
1/17/03, http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1741794&l=38292.
6. " Bush Threatens Veto of Defense Bill," Washington Post, 10/7/02,
p.A02.
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