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Judi Lynn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-05 03:00 PM
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VA nominee pledges probe of benefits
Monday, January 24, 2005 · Last updated 11:34 a.m. PT

VA nominee pledges probe of benefits

By SUZANNE GAMBOA
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

WASHINGTON -- Jim Nicholson, President Bush's nominee to head the Veterans Affairs Department, promised Monday to look into reported disparities in disability compensation from state to state.

Nicholson, a Vietnam War veteran and former chairman of the Republican National Committee, told a Senate panel that disability benefits should not vary based on where a veteran lives.

Freshman Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. , a new member of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, question Nicholson about a report in the Chicago Sun-Times earlier this month about compensation disparities.

Obama said that his state is 50th among 52 states and territories for the average amount of disability compensation. A veteran in Illinois can expect to receive $5,000 less than a veteran in Puerto Rico, he said.
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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apwashington_story.asp?category=1152&slug=Veterans%20Nicholson

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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-05 03:19 PM
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1. they can say whatever they want. Then they will do whatever Bush tells
them to do.
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Karenina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-05 04:00 PM
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2. Don't want any of them grunts
"taking advantage" now, do we? Send their fungible butts off on another tour, them "insurgents" might do us a favor...
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