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They cannot figure out how to get jobs for unemployed, or food for hungry but they can legislate camouflage
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/house-approves-measure-to-have-military-branches-share-one-camouflage-pattern/2013/06/14/017700f6-d4ff-11e2-bc43-c404c3269c73_story.html?tid=ts_carousel
By David A. Fahrenthold, Updated: Friday, June 14, 2:35 PM E-mail the writer
The U.S. House approved a measure Friday that would require all branches of the military to share the same camouflage uniforms instead of the 10 different camouflage patterns in use today. The measure, written by freshman Rep. William Enyart (D-Ill.), was passed as part of the broader National Defense Authorization Act, which sets the Pentagons budget. The measure passed by a vote of 315 to 108.
The U.S. military's changing camouflage
The proposal still needs to be approved by the Senate. But there have been some signals of support there.
On Thursday, for instance, the Senates Armed Services Committee approved its own version of the defense-authorization bill with a new provision added, to require the services to move toward using a single camouflage uniform at some point in the future. That change was suggested by committee chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), a committee spokeswoman said.
In the House, Enyarts provision would require all armed services to share the same camouflage uniform by October 2018. It would still allow for variations in that shared uniform, adapted to different environments such as woodlands and desert.
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(17,194 posts)I'm a little surprised that they didn't add a provision to have a picture of St. Reagan replace the American Flag on all uniforms and military vehicles (including warships and combat aircraft), but this certainly proves that they ARE, in fact, slightly more sentient than the average watermelon.
Now, if they'll only pass a bill declaring every odd-numbered day of the month as "Give Darrell Issa an Atomic Wedgie Day", I can die happy, knowing that the republic is in good hands.