press reaction is predictable.
i do hope he just furthers the solving of the problem
.
--- "Kendall D. Corbett" <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Yeah, Bush hasn't been there yet, but I think this
> could be one
> photo op that really comes back and bites him in the
> A**.
> Reading the posts on the site since I first saw it,
> it looks like
> there are about as many people who are convinced
> that it's "Bush
> bashing" as there are who think he's the Devil
> incarnate for using
> soldiers to advance his political goals. It'll be
> interesting to see the
> press reports after his visit.
>
> The possible good that may come out of this is that
> he won't use it
> strictly as a photo op to support questionable
> policies in prosecuting
> the war, but as we've discussed before, Bush and
> others in his
> administration are not likely to pay attention to
> other viewpoints.
>
>
> On 3/30/07, ken barber <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > so this is an article about the generals responce
> to
> > other news articles speculating on what bush might
> do
> > and not on anything that he actually did. although
> the
> > news articles speculation may be based on previous
> > experiences or may not be based on anything but a
> idea
> > of something to write.
> >
> > --- "Kendall D. Corbett"
> <[log in to unmask]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > OK, I said I'd get you back to your previous
> > > discussion, and then I saw
> > > this....
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/news_theswamp/2007/03/general_to_bush.html
> > >
> > >
> > > On 3/30/07, Kendall D. Corbett
> > > <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Article on recently passed bill to improve
> health
> > > care for injured service
> > > > members returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
> I
> > > have no argument with
> > > > improving the care that returning soldiers
> > > receive, but I do wish there was
> > > > a way to ensure that all people with
> disabilities
> > > would receive the care
> > > > they need. We now return you to your previous
> > > discussion ;-{)}
> > > >
> > > > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > > > From: Kendall David Corbett <[log in to unmask]>
> > > > Date: Mar 30, 2007 11:00 AM
> > > > Subject: FW: House Passes Bill to Improve
> > > Veterans' Care
> > > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Justice For All Moderator [mailto:
> > > [log in to unmask]]
> > > > Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 6:57 PM
> > > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > > Subject: House Passes Bill to Improve
> Veterans'
> > > Care
> > > >
> > > > House Passes Bill to Improve Veterans' Care
> > > >
> > > > March 29, 2007
> > > >
> > > > WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) Reacting to shabby
> > > treatment of wounded
> > > > service members at Walter Reed Army Medical
> > > Center, the House on
> > > > Wednesday created a coterie of case managers,
> > > advocates and
> > > > counselors for injured troops returning from
> Iraq
> > > and Afghanistan.
> > > >
> > > > The Wounded Warrior Assistance Act, approved
> 426
> > > to 0, also
> > > > establishes a hot line for medical patients to
> > > report problems in
> > > > their treatment and demands an end to the red
> tape
> > > that has
> > > > frustrated disabled service members as they
> move
> > > from Pentagon
> > > > care to care by the Veterans Affairs
> Department.
> > > >
> > > > The bill would affect some of the more than
> 25,000
> > > American
> > > > service members wounded in hostile action
> since
> > > military
> > > > operations began in Iraq and Afghanistan.
> > > >
> > > > "We cannot allow those who have fought our
> foreign
> > > enemies in the
> > > > defense of freedom to come home and fight the
> > > federal bureaucracy
> > > > to get the health care they need," said
> > > Representative Candice S.
> > > > Miller, Republican of Michigan and a member of
> the
> > > Armed Services
> > > > Committee.
> > > >
> > > > The White House said in a statement that while
> > > those goals were
> > > > commendable, the legislation was premature and
> > > suggested that
> > > > Congress wait for a report from a presidential
> > > commission and a
> > > > task force on the war-wounded created after
> the
> > > exposure of poor
> > > > conditions and treatment at Walter Reed. Those
> > > findings are
> > > > expected by the end of July.
> > > >
> > > > The bill requires Senate action before it goes
> to
> > > the president.
> > > >
> > > > Representative Duncan Hunter, Republican of
> > > California, whose
> > > > support for a strong military is a cornerstone
> of
> > > his presidential
> > > > aspirations, said he was particularly pleased
> with
> > > a provision
> > > > that would improve personal care by limiting
> > > medical care case
> > > > managers to 17 cases at a time. Mr. Hunter,
> the
> > > ranking Republican
> > > > on the Armed Services Committee, said he also
> > > liked the
> > > > legislation's move toward more information
> sharing
> > > between the
> > > > Defense Department and the V.A. and steps to
> ease
> > > the transition
> > > > to veteran status.
> > > >
> > > > Under the bill, the defense secretary would be
> > > required to provide
> > > > disabled service members being separated or
> > > retired from active
> > > > duty with a written plan for transition to
> V.A.
> > > programs.
> > > >
> > > > Several amendments directed that more
> attention be
> > > paid to the
> > > > mental health of returning combatants.
> > > >
> > > > Source: New York Times
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
________________________________________________________________
> > > >
> > > > For more news issues, see:
> > > > http://www.aapd.com/docs/news.php
> > > >
> > > > # # #
> > > >
> > > > MODERATOR, Anne Sommers, JUSTICE FOR ALL -- A
> > > Service of the
> > > > American Association of People with
> Disabilities
> > > (AAPD). To
>
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