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To: Ilaine who wrote (33855)11/5/2000 9:31:07 AM
From: flatsville  Read Replies (1) of 436258
 
You need to do some homework here.

>>>In 1995 the Pentagon matched Social Security numbers for military service members with Department of Agriculture food stamp records in five states over a three-month period. That search produced 3,618 matches, including 41 officers, or about 0.8 percent of the military population in those states. Those numbers were then extrapolated to reach the estimate of 11,900 for the 1.5 million people in the entire military.<<<

Now read that again--In 1995--so that was two years after Clinton took office and there were already an estimated 11,900 military. Do you think that happened over the course of two years?

Now in 2000 there are an estimated 13,000 +/-. If anything it has leveled off under Clinton.

Perhaps spending the peace dividend elsewhere under Bush had something to do with this?

As you can see from the article the Pentagon and Congress have known about this problem for years. And where have those good military and congressional Republicans been on this issue?

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