Veterans' Services Shortfall Foretold, but House Gop Fired Messengers

Sunday Gazette-Mail › July 18, 2005

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WASHINGTON - Fellow Republicans warned House Speaker Dennis Hastert and Majority Leader Tom DeLay more than a year ago that the government would come up short - by at least $750 million - for veterans' health care.

The leaders' response: Fire the messengers.

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Veterans' Services Shortfall Foretold, but House Gop Fired Messengers

Now that the Bush administration has acknowledged a shortfall of at least $1.2 billion, embarrassed Republicans are scrambling to fill the gap. Meanwhile, Democrats portray the problem as another example of the GOP and the White House taking a shortsighted approach to the cost ...

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