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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: sylvester80 who wrote (464421)	9/24/2003 10:57:33 PM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Bush legacy so far: An additional trillion dollars in national debt. Thanks Dubya!

To: sylvester80 who wrote (464421)	9/25/2003 1:08:38 AM
From: Dan B.	Respond to of 769670

Well, you certainly are off the deep end as I tried to note(and failed completely to foil my point). Dan B

To: sylvester80 who wrote (464421)	10/2/2003 12:14:25 AM
From: Gordon A. Langston	Respond to of 769670

How hard would be to do the same for the GIs he was about to put in harms way It took about a week. Did you get your tearful letter off to your congresscritter or could you spare the Bush-hating time? No more meal bills for hospitalized troops From Jamie McIntyre CNN Washington Bureau WASHINGTON (CNN) --Wounded service members in U.S. military hospitals will no longer be presented with a bill for meals upon discharge, the Pentagon said Wednesday. The idea -- not precisely true, as it turned out -- that U.S. troops, some of whom had lost limbs or were gravely wounded, were being charged $8.10 per day for meals while they were in military hospitals outraged some members of Congress. What was happening was that the wounded patients were being asked to reimburse the government for what is known as their basic subsistence allowance -- money they get in their paychecks to cover meals. Because they did not have to buy meals in the hospital, they were asked to return that allowance, a step required by law. But Pentagon officials admit it seemed like adding insult to injury. Congress quickly changed the law, and effective Wednesday active-duty military patients will get meals free and be allowed to keep their meal allowance. A spokesman at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington said the hospital has been averaging about 40 patients from the war in Iraq, so the financial impact amounts to about $324 a day. In addition to military personnel wounded in action, the law also applies to those hurt while "engaged in hazardous service" or "in the performance of duty under conditions simulating war." It is already the case that some troops in combat get meals and get to keep their allowance. Technically it's double-dipping, but the amount of money is small, and no one at the Pentagon wants to nickel and dime the troops who put their lives on the line. CNN's Barbara Starr contributed to this report.