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GW says that he supports U.S. Military troops.
2004-09-19
by kathy@truthisbetter.org
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GW has cut funding for military programs, military health care, and veterans benefits, slashing the Department of Veteran Affairs budget when thousands of military are being injured, while giving the military more work. In March 2003, Bush issued a directive which prohibits news coverage that would honor returning dead and injured soldiers from Iraq or Afghanistan. Bush does not support US troops in Iraq with basic equipment it needs, according to Navy Lt. John Oliveira. May 28, 2004 it was announced that there is an ammunition shortage. Rumsfeld lied to the press, saying that the military leaders had not requested more troops in Iraq. Bush refused to allow the UN peacekeeping troops who are trained in peacekeeping strategies to enter Iraq after the invasion when it would have been possible to keep the peace, causing hundreds of US soldiers to die and be maimed. Since then war has broken out in Iraq and it is no longer possible for UN peacekeeping troops to take over.
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See Vets for Justice
Occupation Watch
We Don't Feel Like Heros Anymore
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GW Bush says that he is against Weapons of Mass Destruction!
2004-05-24
by kathy@truthisbetter.org
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GW Bush the younger and Congress repealed the 1993 Spratt-Furse ban on new "mini-nukes" and are working to create a whole new generation of what they're now calling "useable" nukes. According to a Utah newspaper Nevada nuclear tests might resume. The "bunker buster" is the first in a long line of projects that would start up production of nuclear weapons. The Nuclear Policy Institute is urging the clean up of depleted uranium bombs that the US dropped on Iraq.
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See Women's Action Network - Action Alert
Nuclear Policy Institute
Tradeoffs for US Nuclear Weapons
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GW says that he wants good health care for all Americans
2004-03-07
by kathy@truthisbetter.org
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GW Bush's budget and health care plan would mean privitization of social security and Medicare and risk the demise of both. His EPA department plans to defer controls on mercury emissions by power plants that cause brain damage in infants, and may be related to the sharp increase in autism.
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See Continuation of SS and Medicare at risk
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities - Health
Senate Prescription Drug Bill
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NOT TRUTHS - Health
