http://www.roanoke.com/editorials/commentary/wb/wb/xp-84302The decision by the Bush administration to cut funding for the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center is a moral outrage. Brain injury is so common it has been identified by the likes of USA Today, The New York Times and NBC as the "signature wound" of the war in Iraq.
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The Pentagon asked Congress for $7 million for the center, cutting present funding in half. When congressional staffers tried to find out if the program needed more money, the Pentagon "did not respond" according to Jenny Manley, a spokeswoman for Senate appropriations committee. So far, Pentagon spokesmen have not responded as to why they had not sought more money.
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When one considers pork barrel projects that suck literally billions of dollars from the budget, this $7 million cut is especially outrageous. In light of a defense appropriations bill for the Iraq war that is likely to be upwards of $360 billion, it is appalling.
How can this administration and members of Congress claim to be "supporting the troops" while at the same time cutting funding for the signature wound of this war?:wtf: I don't need to say more!
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