Let's screw some Troops!!

[JustRalph]

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-national-guard-bonus-20161020-snap-story.html

[BELMONT 6-6-09]

Just another day in the office for our anti-American campaigner in chief.

[mostpost]

Just another day in the office for our anti-American campaigner in chief.
Those bonuses were incorrectly handed out during the Bush Administration. Not that this is his fault, but it certainly is not Obama's.

Someone in Washington needs to take the initiative to fix this.

[Tom]

How disgusting of you to defend this.

There was nothing to fix.

[reckless]

Where's John McCain on this matter?

Probably AWOL as he has often been when it comes to truly helping our Veterans. A hero himself, yes, but MIA since he's been a Senator on these issues.

Donald Trump is right. Illegal aliens are treated better in this country than our own Vets and soldiers.

[LottaKash]

What a dirty trick...A deal is a deal...
Many of those guys gave blood and guts for that kash...

This once great nation has certainly turned a corner...Into the "shitter" with our vets...

[EasyGoer89]

Those bonuses were incorrectly handed out during the Bush Administration. Not that this is his fault, but it certainly is not Obama's.

Someone in Washington needs to take the initiative to fix this.

#draintheswamp

[EasyGoer89]

Where's John McCain on this matter?

Probably AWOL as he has often been when it comes to truly helping our Veterans. A hero himself, yes, but MIA since he's been a Senator on these issues.

Donald Trump is right. Illegal aliens are treated better in this country than our own Vets and soldiers.

It's ok to ship millions or billions of dollars in CASH to bad people in the middle of the night as a ransom payment.

But trump is the bad guy for allegedly offering to employ a woman in the oldest profession at a salary that's far higher than a man would have gotten. :D

[Tom]

Obama's rush to inflict as much pain on his enemies as he can before he leaves office. Expect it to continue under the Hack. The Clintons never had any use for our military. Protested again it overseas. Depleted it under his reign of perversion.

If the Hack win,s there is not reason for anyone to sign up to defend this country - it will not be worth defending anymore.

[Clocker]

Pentagon backs down. In an election year. :rolleyes:

No mention yet if those who already repaid some or all of the bonuses will have their money refunded.

To Get Soldiers to Re-enlist, the National Guard Lied

But now, under pressure ahead of the election, AP reports,
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter has ordered the Pentagon to stop seeking repayments of enlistment bonuses given to California National Guard members who served overseas.



His decision comes in the wake of angry reaction from members of Congress who demanded he relieve the burden on the Guard members. And the White House said President Barack Obama has warned the Defense Department not to "nickel and dime" service members who were victims of fraud by overzealous recruiters.



In a statement issued during a meeting of defense ministers in Brussels, Carter said effort to collect reimbursement should stop "as soon as is practical" and will continue until a process to help the troops deal with the problem is worked out.

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This action follows a letter from Congressman Vern Buchanan saying it was “obscene” to force thousands of veterans to repay enlistment bonuses issued a decade ago when the Pentagon needed troops for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Buchanan said it was no fault of the soldiers if the government later realized it made a mistake in calculating eligibility for bonuses and other incentives.
“Forcing innocent soldiers and veterans to repay these funds 10 years after they went to war on the nation’s behalf is obscene and unjustified,” Buchanan wrote. “The Pentagon needs to back off and leave them alone.”

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-10-26/obscene-pentagon-folds-under-political-pressure-stops-seeking-veteran-bonus-repaymen (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-10-26/obscene-pentagon-folds-under-political-pressure-stops-seeking-veteran-bonus-repaymen)