Reply #14: Very commendable effort from the Pentagon on veteran and 'warfighter' care

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Gates: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123904207376593845.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

- Continue the steady growth in medical research and development by requesting $400 million more than last year.

- Recognize the critical and permanent nature of wounded, ill and injured, traumatic brain injury, and psychological health programs. This means institutionalizing and properly funding these efforts in the base budget and increasing overall spending by $300 million. The department will spend over $47 billion on healthcare in FY10.

- Increase funding by $200 million for improvements in child care, spousal support, lodging, and education.



It doesn't look like these expenditures are the budget champs on the $530 billion price tag.