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theHandpuppet

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Thu Mar 13, 2014, 05:37 PM Mar 2014

Gay military widow not getting death benefits

http://money.cnn.com/2014/03/13/news/economy/same-sex-military-benefits/index.html?source=cnn_bin
Gay military widow not getting death benefits
By Jennifer Liberto @CNNMoney March 13, 2014: 12:50 PM ET

Tracy Dice Johnson goes to bed each night dreaming about her wife Donna Johnson.

She misses her most around the holidays, especially St. Patrick's Day -- the day they first met -- and Valentine's Day, their wedding anniversary.

National Guard Staff Sgt. Donna Johnson was killed by a suicide bomber at a checkpoint she was helping set up in Khost, Afghanistan on Oct. 1, 2012. She was 29.

"There is no time line on grief," said Tracy, who cries softly when she thinks about that day.... MORE



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Gay military widow not getting death benefits (Original Post) theHandpuppet Mar 2014 OP
I am not feeling well, and a bit pissed off about something else...so... Behind the Aegis Mar 2014 #1

Behind the Aegis

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1. I am not feeling well, and a bit pissed off about something else...so...
Thu Mar 13, 2014, 10:59 PM
Mar 2014

...I am not going to say anything other than this makes me really sad and mad.

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