Wednesday, June 29, 2005
WaPo shows how deeply the Bushoviks love our veterans.
OK, so it was on page 19 but at least the WaPo did a story we can promote.
The Bush administration disclosed yesterday that it had vastly underestimated the number of service personnel returning from Iraq and Afghanistan seeking medical treatment from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and warned that the health care programs will be short at least $2.6 billion next year unless Congress approves additional funds.A fourfold increase! We know the Bushoviks don't change their little minds, but how bad is it when they won't change their assumptions?
Veterans Affairs budget documents projected that 23,553 veterans would return this year from Iraq and Afghanistan and seek medical treatment. However, Veterans Affairs Secretary Jim Nicholson told a Senate committee that the number has been revised upward to 103,000 for the fiscal year that ends Sept. 30. He said the original estimates were based on outdated assumptions from 2002.
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