Nov 2, 2006:
Bush Says Rumsfeld Should Stay in Office Until the End of His PresidencyPresident Bush said Wednesday he wants Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Vice President Dick Cheney to remain with him until the end of his presidency, extending a job guarantee to two of the most-vilified members of his administration.
"Both those men are doing fantastic jobs and I strongly support them,"http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=2621650&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312Uh oh! Ya know what THAT means, when bush "supports" someone, eh Rummy?!
Nov 11, 2006:
Bush said the decision to replace Rumsfeld was made before the elections.http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/08/election.bush/index.htmlHey US troops; bush says he "SUPPORTS" you, too!More Military Bases in US to Be ClosedThe Pentagon plans to shut down or scale back some of the 425 facilities, the first such effort to save money in 10 years. The downsizing is part of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's long-term transformation of the Cold War-era military.
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=516956 No Bankruptcy Protection for TroopsU.S. Senate Republicans blocked an effort by Democrats to shield military personnel from changes to bankruptcy law that would force more debtors to repay their creditors.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=aamWalvvBr.8&refer=usVeterans' Benefits "hurtful" to National Security, says Pentagon The Wall Street Journal describes the pittance set aside for veteran’s benefits as "Congress’ generosity," even as the Republican-controlled Congress and Bush Pentagon get set to slash billions more from Veterans Administration’s (VA) programs. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal (1-25-05), Pentagon official David Chu, in a mockery of the contribution of veterans, defended a new round of cuts by ironically describing funding for programs like veterans’ education and job training, health care, pensions, VA housing and the like as "hurtful" to national security.
http://usa.mediamonitors.net/content/view/full/12861Back from Iraq - and suddenly out on the streetsAn increasing number of veterans returning from Iraq or Afghanistan ending up homeless. Psychological trauma, high housing costs, gaps in pay between civilians and the military which mean ex-servicemen cannot save for deposits and the lag in getting VA assistance all contribute to this growing problem.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0208/p02s01-ussc.html Bush Budget Raises Drug Prices for Many VeteransPresident Bush's budget would more than double the co-payment charged to many veterans for prescription drugs and would require some to pay a new fee of $250 a year for the privilege of using government health care, administration officials said...
The government had no immediate estimate of how many veterans would be affected if the user fee and co-payment proposals were adopted. But veterans' groups said that hundreds of thousands of people would end up paying more and that many would be affected by both changes.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/07/politics/07budget.html?oref=loginNickle & Diming troops to death"the White House griped that various pay-and-benefits incentives added to the 2004 defense budget by Congress are wasteful and unnecessary — including a modest proposal to double the $6,000 gratuity paid to families of troops who die on active duty.
Similarly, the administration announced that on Oct. 1 it wants to roll back recent modest increases in monthly imminent-danger pay (from $225 to $150) and family-separation allowance (from $250 to $100) for troops getting shot at in combat zones.
Then there’s military tax relief — or the lack thereof."
http://www.armytimes.com/story.php?f=1-292259-1989240.phpTroops in Iraq face pay cut http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/08/14/MN94780.DTLIf bush "supports" you, ya know you're cheney'd.
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