An article from The Army Times,06/27/2003, “Nothing But Lip Service for Our Soldiers”, available in full on the web site of Veterans for Common Sense:
In recent months, President Bush and the Republican-controlled Congress have missed no opportunity to heap richly deserved praise on the military. But talk is cheap — and getting cheaper by the day, judging from the nickel-and-dime treatment the troops are getting lately.
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