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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
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SSG Robert Mark Odom I Would Hope So but I Wouldn't Hold My Breath for that Apology. That Would be expecting Too Much from the Likes of Trump.
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SSG Robert Mark Odom
SSG Robert Mark Odom
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The difference here is that the VFW is asking for it they have a strong lobby program on Capitol Hill.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
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SSG Robert Mark Odom - Yeah I'm in the Past Commanders Club Kansas VFW We used to Have a Stronger Lobby/PAC greatly scaled back as of Late.
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SPC Erich Guenther
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So CNN clipped off the relevant part of the article at the end via editing. Here is what it said:
"Hoffman also said that Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Friday directed the Pentagon to review the process for tracking and reporting injuries. “The goal is to be as transparent, accurate and to provide the American people and our service members with the best information about the tremendous sacrifices our warfighters make,” Hoffman said.

The U.S. military is already required to immediately report injuries that may threaten the life, limb or eyesight of a service member, but does not have the same requirement in the event of a possible TBI.

Hoffman said Esper’s direction is focused on the different types of reporting systems the U.S. military uses and “sometimes the administrative reporting of an injury is different than the medical reporting … we need to get that clarified.” """""""""""

So that is the real problem as defined by the full article. It wasn't Trumps call on reporting, it was the DoD and how they classify the injury.
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CPL Gary Pifer
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TBI'S are called headaches until a detailed diagnosis is given... chief complaint "Headaches"... all my maimed homies had headaches...
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