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July 9, 2015
By MEGAN CHUCHMACH and BRIAN ROSS,
ABC News
Former President George W. Bush charged $100,000 to speak at a charity fundraiser for U.S. military veterans severely wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan, and former First Lady Laura Bush collected $50,000 to appear a year earlier, officials of the Texas-based Helping a Hero charity confirmed to ABC News.
The former President was also provided with a private jet to travel to Houston at a cost of $20,000, the officials said.
The charity, which helps to provide specially-adapted homes for veterans who lost limbs and suffered other severe injuries in the war on terror in Iraq and Afghanistan, said the total $170,000 expenditure was justified because the former President and First Lady offered discounted fees and helped raise record amounts in contributions at galas held in 2011 and 2012.
It was great because he reduced his normal fee of $250,000 down to $100,000, said Meredith Iler, the former chairman of the charity.
However, a recent report by Politico said the former Presidents fees typically ranged between $100,000 and $175,000 during those years.
One of the wounded vets who served on the charitys board told ABC News he was outraged that his former commander in chief would charge any fee to speak on behalf of men and women he ordered into harm's way.
For him to be paid to raise money for veterans that were wounded in combat under his orders, I dont think thats right, said former Marine Eddie Wright, who lost both hands in a rocket attack in Fallujah, Iraq in 2004.
More:
[link:http://news.yahoo.com/help-us-veterans-charity-george-w-bush-charged-225504539.html|
To Help US Veterans Charity, George W. Bush Charged $100,000
By MEGAN CHUCHMACH and BRIAN ROSS,
ABC News
Former President George W. Bush charged $100,000 to speak at a charity fundraiser for U.S. military veterans severely wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan, and former First Lady Laura Bush collected $50,000 to appear a year earlier, officials of the Texas-based Helping a Hero charity confirmed to ABC News.
The former President was also provided with a private jet to travel to Houston at a cost of $20,000, the officials said.
The charity, which helps to provide specially-adapted homes for veterans who lost limbs and suffered other severe injuries in the war on terror in Iraq and Afghanistan, said the total $170,000 expenditure was justified because the former President and First Lady offered discounted fees and helped raise record amounts in contributions at galas held in 2011 and 2012.
It was great because he reduced his normal fee of $250,000 down to $100,000, said Meredith Iler, the former chairman of the charity.
However, a recent report by Politico said the former Presidents fees typically ranged between $100,000 and $175,000 during those years.
One of the wounded vets who served on the charitys board told ABC News he was outraged that his former commander in chief would charge any fee to speak on behalf of men and women he ordered into harm's way.
For him to be paid to raise money for veterans that were wounded in combat under his orders, I dont think thats right, said former Marine Eddie Wright, who lost both hands in a rocket attack in Fallujah, Iraq in 2004.
More:
[link:http://news.yahoo.com/help-us-veterans-charity-george-w-bush-charged-225504539.html|
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