President Obama to U.S. troops: Get your money!
By The Post's Jason Ukman in Checkpoint Washington:
Two weeks ago, The Washington Post reported that the military was struggling to convince U.S. troops that many of them were eligible for back pay because they had remained on duty beyond their original discharge date. The military had mailed letters to eligible troops and veterans and mounted an extensive publicity campaign.
The reaction from many of them was skeptical. Free money? Couldn't be.
Now, following The Post's story, the Pentagon and the Department of Veterans Affairs are calling in major PR support: President Obama.
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Ed O'Keefe
| September 15, 2010; 3:12 PM ET
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Posted by: jiji1 | September 15, 2010 3:48 PM | Report abuse
So you'd rather the troops you neocons PRETEND to honor go without their well-earned money? So typical!
Posted by: GrannyAnnie | September 16, 2010 6:53 AM | Report abuse
Killing brown people is not "well-earned"
It's blood money
Blood money raped from your grandchildren
Grandchildren who might be brown people
Let the circle be unbroken
Posted by: jiji1 | September 16, 2010 11:12 AM | Report abuse
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so now we're spending money to convince people to take money that they wouldn't take otherwise while deficits continue to approach the total value of the US economy
the rape of the future continues