Reply #8: "too narrow" ain't even close!

[recovering democrat]

Among the many things wrong with this bill and hopefully will be corrected - it is retroactive only to the date the US went into Afghanistan. It doesn't even apply to the military people at the Pentagon who died September 11, 2001.

Some other discussion can be found at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6891515/

From that article: In the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks, the current death payments for troops killed in battle has looked less generous compared to government settlements paid to Sept. 11 families. The government paid an average $2.1 million to the families of those killed in those attacks.

Back in December, Sen. George Allen (R-VA) issued a press release calling for this bill and "working with others" to get it done. He suggested going back to September 11, but I am sure will march in step with the other Republicans to limit it as much as possible. At least he had some positive thoughts at one point - he was quoted at that time as saying "George Washington said that the willingness of future generations to fight for their country no matter how just the cause will be proportional to how previous veterans are treated. I think it is important that we show a deeper appreciation for those heroic soldiers who died defending liberty and their brave families back home who have paid the ultimate sacrifice as well" Senator Allen might ought to work his mouth to say this to Bush and his administration, but he won't.