Republicans support the troops?

[SHRED]

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Sure they do.

From Republican Bush's Defense Department:

Wounded Soldier: Military Wants Part Of Bonus Back
Marty Griffin
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) ―

The U.S. Military is demanding that thousands of wounded service personnel give back signing bonuses because they are unable to serve out their commitments.

To get people to sign up, the military gives enlistment bonuses up to $30,000 in some cases.

Now men and women who have lost arms, legs, eyesight, hearing and can no longer serve are being ordered to pay some of that money back.

http://kdka.com/local/military.signing.bonuses.2.571660.html

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In response Democratic Congressman Jason Altmire has written this Bill:

H.R. 3793: Veterans Guaranteed Bonus Act of 2007

To amend title 37, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Defense to continue to pay to a member of the Armed Forces who is retired or separated from the Armed Forces due to a combat-related injury certain bonuses that the member was entitled to before the retirement or separation and would continue to be entitled to if the member was not retired or separated

And only 5 Republican cosponsors out of 35:

Rep. Shelley Berkley
Rep. Robert Berry
Del. Madeleine Bordallo
Rep. Nancy Boyda
Rep. Robert Brady
Rep. Bruce Braley
Rep. Corrine Brown
Rep. Christopher Carney
Rep. Charles Dent
Rep. Joe Donnelly
Rep. Michael Doyle
Rep. Brad Ellsworth
Rep. Barton Gordon
Rep. Phil Hare
Rep. Tim Holden
Rep. Darlene Hooley
Rep. Henry Johnson
Rep. Walter Jones
Rep. Patrick Kennedy
Rep. Harry Mitchell
Rep. Patrick Murphy
Rep. Donald Payne
Rep. Jon Porter
Rep. John Sarbanes
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter
Rep. Heath Shuler
Rep. Clifford Stearns
Rep. Bart Stupak
Rep. Betty Sutton
Rep. Ellen Tauscher
Rep. Edolphus Towns
Rep. Timothy Walz
Rep. Zach Wamp
Rep. David Wu
Rep. John Yarmuth

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-3793

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[babylonsister]

1. THIS should be the headline on the nightly news, not the usual fluff.

Wake the sheeple up already! :argh:

[NanceGreggs]

2. Of course all Republicans "Support the Troops" ...

... and they have the bumperstickers to prove it!

Haven't you seen the stickers, the signs, the -- oh, sorry. You meant actually supporting the troops, didn't ya?

In that case, no. Republicans do not support the troops.

Sorry for the confusion. For a moment there, I was mixing-up actual support and empty rhetoric - which is exactly what Republicans count on.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

3. K&R

Thanks Shred.

[Toots]

4. But once they get discharged they are no longer troops...

Same as once a fetus becomes a baby it no longer counts...Republican are proved LIARS and should never be taken seriously. Not saying they aren't extremely dangerous just out and out LIARS