Duncan Hunter (R:TX): Tricare provision removed from defense budget plan

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A provision in the 2006 defense budget proposal that came out of the House Armed Services Committee last week, which would have extended Tricare benefits to more reservists and Guardsmen, was stripped from the bill this week because of budgetary reasons.

In a memo to members of the House Armed Services Committee, Chairman Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., said the proposal cost more than anticipated according to a Congressional Budget Office analysis, which pushed the legislation’s total price tag above limits previously set by the committee.

Under a little-used rule, that gave Hunter the authority to pull the proposal from the legislation.

The amendment, introduced by Rep. Gene Taylor, D-Miss., would have opened the Tricare Reserve Select program to any drilling reservist or National Guard member willing to pay the premiums.

The provision passed 32-30 during last week’s committee markup of the defense budget, with Hunter opposing it.

http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=29338

Hypocrite Hunter has a hyperlink on his webpage: CLICK HERE TO LEARN HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT OUR TROOPS

One wonders why he isn't.

http://www.house.gov/hunter/

[rodeodance]

1. so we have $ to send them to war but not to take care of them.

A provision in the 2006 defense budget proposal that came out of the House Armed Services Committee last week, which would have extended Tricare benefits to more reservists and Guardsmen, was stripped from the bill this week because of budgetary reasons.

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2. 6 days until the Pentagon cries about lack of recruitments/reenlistments

once again.

Rummy can't seem to put two and two together.

[oneold1-4u]

3. For need of a nail----

A shoe was lost. For a shoe, a battle was lost. For a battle, a war was lost! Somewhere back there in the history of mankind were all the questions and answers about creating war when needed, and planning battles with intelligent precision, and decisions. When a battle or war is planned it needs every concern of how, where, when, and the results. None of these things were ever of any concern of the US, the president, the pentagon, congress, or the neocon- religionists.
The resulting mess is almost total, and will soon be, as more and more will refuse to serve under such management of a nation and its military!
Conscription is the worst thought in the minds of the ignorant who make the rules of war.