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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: sea_biscuit who wrote (477577)10/17/2003 5:51:21 PM
From: Ish  Read Replies (1) of 769670
 
<<Platitude. When these soldiers are in hospital, they are told to pay up $243 a month for food. I mean, they lose their limbs in the war and you make them pay for food! Disgusting.>>

When they are in the hospital they are listed as TDY, temporary duty. When they are on active duty the $243 gets paid to the mess where the unit eats. When they are TDY, like at the hospital, the $243 is paid to them. Their meals are still paid by the armed forces, just a different channel.
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