please review,as always,my latest editorial on HR 3082-gulf war illness

[w8liftinglady]

for spelling,punctuation,wording.Thanks,as always

As we enter the 20th year since Gulf War One,recent Congressional actions give some insight into future troop support.

Gulf War One officially began August 2,1990 and ended February 28,1991.
There were few combat-related deaths. Unfortunately,of the 682,000
troops that served in The Persian Gulf during this time frame over 300,000 now suffer from a multitude of illnesses. Thanks to research studies funded by H. Ross Perot and led by Dr. Richard Haley at UTSW ,the etiology of Gulf War Syndrome has been revealed. A combination of Depleted Uranium,vaccinations to combat anthrax and chemical weapon exposure led to a multitude of diseases in American troops and birth defects in their children. Since then,it has been a long and difficult struggle for the veterans to receive service-related benefits for their sacrifice.

On December 8,2010 The House voted on H R 3082,including designated funding for Gulf War Syndrome. The troubling aspect of this bill was the final roll call of 212 representatives "FOR" and 204 representatives "AGAINST".

I encourage all concerned voters to review the roll call and see who truly supports our troops when they come home: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2010/roll622.xml

Is this a sign of things to pass? Veterans groups who have worked tirelessly in the past are concerned about future support of veterans of past and current wars. We have seen tremendous advances made in veteran care since 2008. Please encourage our Congressmembers to continue to support our troops ... before,during and after their war-zone deployments.

[AlabamaLibrul]

1. Just my take on how I'd write it - I wasn't aware of this issue (very shocking)

As we enter the 20th year since the first Gulf War, recent Congressional actions give some insight into support for veterans.

The Gulf War officially began August 2,1990 and ended February 28,1991. There were few combat-related deaths, but over 300,000 of the 682,000 troops that served in the Persian Gulf during that time now suffer from a multitude of illnesses. Thanks to research studies funded by H. Ross Perot and led by Dr. Richard Haley at University of Texas Southwestern, the causes of Gulf War Syndrome have been revealed. A combination of depleted uranium, anthrax vaccinations, and exposure to chemical weapons led to a multitude of diseases in American troops and birth defects in their children. Since then, it has been a long and difficult struggle for veterans to receive service-related benefits for their sacrifice.

On December 8, 2010, the House voted on H.R. 3082, which included designated funding for Gulf War Syndrome. The troubling aspect is that the final vote came in with 212 representatives for, and 204 representatives against. The troubling aspect of this bill was the final roll call of 212 representatives "FOR" and 204 representatives "AGAINST".

I encourage all concerned citizens to review the roll call and see who truly supports our troops when they come home: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2010/roll622.xml

Is this a sign of things to come? Veterans' groups have been working tirelessly to ensure support of veterans of wars past and present. We have seen tremendous advances made in veteran care since 2008. Please urge our members of Congress to continue to support our troops ... before, during and after their war-zone deployments.

[w8liftinglady]

2. that sounds MUCH more coherent - thank you!

[AlabamaLibrul]

3. Whoops! Strike out one of the "The troubling aspect of this bill was the final roll call..."

sentences.

Otherwise, happy to help.

[Obamanaut]

4. spaces, punctuation

August 2,1990 and ended February 28,1991.

Unfortunately,of

UTSW ,the etiology

H R 3082,including

December 8,2010 The House voted on H R 3082,including

[w8liftinglady]

5. thanks-those are the things "spell check" doesn't help with!

[Obamanaut]

6. Don't you just hate it when that happens. I give the LTTEs that I write

to Miz O for review, and she manages to pick out stuff that 'spell check' missed.

Stoopid spel ckek.

[w8liftinglady]

7. btw --Dr ROBERT Haley,Not Richard

[w8liftinglady]

8. Since the Senate is holding the Omnibus Bill,which this is a part of...

it will give the veterans groups PLENTY of time to point out voting records....

Good plan,imho

[w8liftinglady]

9. I am hoping this will be printed sometime this week

as we enter a new legislative body,we have to watch their voting records closely.