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TwilightGardener

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8. The services were given the leeway to work some of the cuts--

Reply to AnotherMcIntosh (Reply #7)

Wed Mar 20, 2013, 08:24 PM

Mar 2013

the navy didn't cut its TA. DoD-wide, commissaries are closed an extra day a week, some teaching staff will be let go in DoD schools, there will be civilian furloughs...my concern personally is that they don't cut Tricare payments for retirees or on-base child care centers, those would put even more of a hardship on families. My guess is that the DoD has to go after short-term spending items that can be quickly restored once the sequester ends, and won't mess with longer-term readiness, training, development of programs, or missions.

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US military members lose tuition assistance because of cuts, but Israel will still get taxpayer cash [View all] Cali_Democrat Mar 2013 OP

Not worth getting mad over--as soon as the sequester is ended, they'll get TwilightGardener Mar 2013 #1

Try telling that to a vet currently in school. enlightenment Mar 2013 #3

edited Unless I misread one or more articles on this, the cut to tuition aid does not bike man Mar 2013 #4

Tuition assistance is a nice benefit, but it's not the GI Bill, which is the biggie. TwilightGardener Mar 2013 #5

I live in a city with a large military base. enlightenment Mar 2013 #6

"that's the way Congress wants it"? The DOD has no say and does not prioritize? AnotherMcIntosh Mar 2013 #7

The services were given the leeway to work some of the cuts-- TwilightGardener Mar 2013 #8

I think that your reply undercuts the claim "that's the way Congress wants it". AnotherMcIntosh Mar 2013 #9

You understand that the whole point of the sequester was to take a huge chunk TwilightGardener Mar 2013 #10

You're interested in what I understand? Really? What I understand is that the discussion focused AnotherMcIntosh Mar 2013 #13

Ha! earthside Mar 2013 #2

Yep, nothing gets between the Israeli aid clusterfuck, that ultimately seems to return to the US Lionessa Mar 2013 #11

Any particular reason you connect these two? Neither article refers to the other program. freshwest Mar 2013 #12