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Originally Posted by Ustwo
Regardless we should blame Bush.
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1. Bush sent those Guardsmen into harmsway where they were subsequently injured.
2. Bush is the Comander in Chief. If he wanted something fixed there would be no red tape, it would be fixed
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In the long term, the Congress must address the physical readiness of the National Guard and the Reserve by passage of a pending bill, TRICARE for Guard and Reservists, to ensure that every member of the Guard and Reserves has adequate health insurance coverage and is medically ready to deploy.
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Congress passed this bill under pressure from vet organizations however never acted on it because the Bush admin (Rumsfeld) determined that it would cost too much money.