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Posted on Jun 1, 2016
Mitch McConnell
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SGT David Stead
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Why is the VA not letting my brother-in-law get the knee replacement he needs for his right and left knees.. His knees do not bend he walks stiff legged and falls often. When going up of down stairs he has to lift and pull on his pant legs to go up or down steps. Should be a no brainier when you see him walk that his knees do not work and have not worked for 3 years and are getting worse. He was told he is not old enough to get knee replacement surgery. A Marine who was wounded in combat on more than one deployment should not have to beg or wait for what he is owed. His quality of life sucks!
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MSG Guy Smith
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I would like to know, why does the military retire active duty Soldiers at less than 20 years when they have been medically certified as unfit for duty. While at the WTU at JBLM, I met a active duty SSG being Medically discharged at 19.5 years service. He's not eligible for concurrent pay of any sort, c'mon, the small amount of Soldiers drawing both from the VA and Active duty retirement is a drop in the bucket, give them a break.
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Cpl Robert Wallace
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Under the watch of the last few Republican Congresses, our combat arms were systematically emasculated by Secretaries Panatta and Maibus with little resistance, quantifiably increasing deployment costs, and reducing combat survivability, readiness and efficiency not to mention the adverse effects on moral, retention, the culture, and discipline, .etc. These effects are well documented by DOD studies since the early 90's so they aren't credibly refutable and references can be quickly cited.

I have a son who is an armored crewman the army, so the pacivity with witch this was allowed to happen is concerning. Since the political class seems to be operating under the political delusion that we are no longer a biologically dimorphic species and physiologically identical, how soon, in the interest of equal protection will my daughter be required to register for selective service after achieving eligibility as my sons were compelled to?
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SCPO Larry Knight Sr.
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Other than promoting your "Book", are there any effort's currently being focused on such as VA healthcare, Military suicide/PTSD, military retirement issues ? I've noticed both fronts as being a back burner item in the eye's of our politicians, and just to point out a case in particular.
A 11 year old boy coming home from school in Houston, Tx fatally stabbed 20 time's by a fellow veteran returning from the current conflict and deeply suffering from "PTSD" is in custody for this crime ? What fund's are being allocated to assist in treating our brother's and sister's in arm's who are deeply afflicted ?
As a Vietnam era forgotten vet, it's time we as a nation and "Political Dysfunctional Group" attend to our current military force of young men, and women returning from abroad !
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SCPO Larry Knight Sr.
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Edited 8 y ago
What is your take on the potential of doing away with the current "Naturalization procedures", for immigrants ie: not having to go through the established method's in place to obtain "American Citizenship status ?
I'm a naturalized citizen who went through these procedures and i't appears we're looking at a blanket system to openly naturalize all immigrants without going through what I, as many other's in past year's had to comply with by law ?
Additionally it is rumored that if this is to become the new way of business, they will also receive ( SSA, Medicare benifit's, etc freely)
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LTC Battalion Physician Assistant
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When will congress really have a budget they can afford ? 600 billion defense budget for what ? If they is a war ( which there is no matter if it is declared or not) Congress just funds it with Contingency Funding ? What are we getting for the 600 Billion if not to be used for defending the country ? Congress needs to CUT, CAP and CANCEL Government Programs ( including some Military).
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SFC Harry D. Sayles
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Why is something not done about the Federal Employee Union? This group is a blatant, in your face use of fraud, waste and abuse as well as unbridled racism and favoritism on every post and base.
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MSgt Michael DeLay
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Why has the Air Force gotten away with such a horrible separation policy change? They completely screwed my wife over after 15 years of perfect service.
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1LT Tom Wilson
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As what might be characterized as a Colin Powell Republican, I cannot discern a dime's worth of difference between the Tea Party Agenda and core values from Donald Trump, with the exception that Trump doesn't need Grover Norquist to thinks for him. From everything I have heard from you in your recent media blitz flogging your memoir, there doesn't seem to be room to slip a knife blade between your world view and Grover Norquist's ambitions.

Given that the last 35 years have revealed Reaganomics for the total and complete fraud responsible for the sense of unease behind Trump's insurgency, what possible rationale can you advance in support of anything to do with your personal ambitions and political agenda other than the fact it is congenitally opposed to all things Clinton?
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2LT Assistant Plans Officer (S5)
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Why do Republicans habitually vote down any mention of increased funding for veterans, in particular legislation proposed by John McCain and Bernie Sanders? Why do you continue not to do your job in voting on a Supreme Court nominee? Lastly, what is the GOP going to do to prevent something like a Trump candidacy from happening again?
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