Families of fallen U.S. troops get death gratuity

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Link to original article.

More from the House here.

"(Reuters) - Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Wednesday families of troops who die during the government shutdown will receive a death benefit payment, despite legal restrictions on the Pentagon, thanks to a deal reached with a private charity.

Hagel made the announcement in a statement after attending a ceremony honoring the return to the United States of the bodies of four soldiers killed by insurgents in Afghanistan on Sunday. The Pentagon was unable to pay the $100,000 "death gratuity" to those families during the shutdown."

 

[Tech]

Another job done by an outside contractor.

 

[nhboy]

Another job done by an outside contractor.

Not a "contractor", see Link.

 

[CrashTest]

Too little too late. The Commander in Chief over in the Spitehouse already looks like a failure again for this. Bill Oreilly, who usually doesn't go off the deep end right away, last night said Hagel should immediately step down over the death benefit screw up.

 

[nhboy]

Bill Oreilly, who usually doesn't go off the deep end right away

lol!

 

[CrashTest]

lol!

Does your leadership know you're commenting? Things must be getting bad over there.

Even Greta, who seldom ever goes off script, set aside 2 minutes of her show last night to do nothing but chew Hagel a new a-hole over it.