Getting benefits and your percentage raised only a few points of a service connected covered because the are broke and and and .....

the lack of or shut down programs for the lack of funds and and and ...................

all they do w/o and all that vets have lost or gone through courtesy of mid-east tours...

 

turns out that 400 million is only chump change.... this swamps the 1.7 billion that was talked about last week...

needless to say... this seriously jerks my chain...

 

Iran May Have Received as Much as $33.6 Billion in Cash, Gold Payments From U.S.

Adam Kredo                The Washington Free Beacon               September 8, 2016

Iran may have received an additional $33.6 billion in secret cash and gold payments facilitated by the Obama administration between 2014 and 2016, according to testimony provided before Congress by an expert on last summer’s nuclear agreement with Iran.

Between January 2014 and July 2015, when the Obama administration was hammering out the final details of the nuclear accord, Iran was paid $700 million every month from funds that had previously been frozen by U.S. sanctions.

A total of $11.9 billion was ultimately paid to Iran, but the details surrounding these payments remain shrouded in mystery, according to Mark Dubowitz, executive director at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

In total, “Iran may have received as much as $33.6 billion in cash or in gold and other precious metals,” Dubowitz disclosed.

New questions about these payments are emerging following confirmation from top Obama administration officials on Thursday that it was forced to pay Iran $1.7 billion in cash prior to the release of several U.S. hostages earlier this year. The administration insisted that cash had to be used for this payment.

Top administration officials were adamant that the cash payments were the best way to ensure that Iran got immediate access to this money due to its ongoing difficulty accessing international funds still sanctioned by the West.

Lawmakers and others are now pressing the administration to disclose how a slew of other payments to Iran were made in the years leading up to the final nuclear accord.

“In July, the Associated Press cited U.S. officials who estimated that Iran ‘brought home less than $20 billion.’ Were these funds repatriated to Tehran in cash or in gold and precious metals? Through the formal financial system? Or through some combination?” Dubowitz asked in his testimony before the House Financial Services Committee.

“The administration should also clarify if the $20 billion dollars is inclusive of the $11.9 billion in [Joint Plan of Action] funds, or if the $20 billion was in addition to the $11.9 billion,” he said. “Either way, it is important to understand how funds were sent. The worst-case scenario here is that Iran may have received as much as $33.6 billion in cash or in gold and other precious metals.”…

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We'll never know...one thing is sure, money is being diverted from otherwise needed programs...

 

I hope they choke on it...along with whoever arranged for it...

The way we run our nation like this, is the reason why Americans are willing to step out of the box and look for a different type of leadership. I am not advocating either side of the political spectrum, Americans stepped out of the box and looked at both sides "outsiders", Bernie and Donald.

When actions like the above stated in the Free Beacon take place, Americans feel completely unrepresented, and frustrated, and they, we, just want a big change, whatever that means to whatever side your philosophies align with, we can all agree on one thing, Americans are not being represented, and the most under-represented sub-culture is our American Veterans. Yes, this makes me angry beyond anything. So we can find a ton of money to give to Iran at the snap of a finger, but we can't find funding for our VA's, ya, makes total sense to me!

33 billion? That would have been enough to send every troop, sailor, marine and airman veteran, to the private practice of their choosing.

and put Soros in irons and haul him off never to see the light of day again...

We need a new movement.  Vets' Lives Matter Too.  Not to be disrespectful to my brothers of any skin tone, we all served with and for each other. But like John said, we are grossly under-represented, and maybe we should start becoming more vocal as a fraternity, in a positive and constructive way. 

1 hour ago, PostalTom said:

 we are grossly under-represented,

more like being sold out...

1 hour ago, PostalTom said:

We need a new movement.  Vets' Lives Matter Too.  Not to be disrespectful to my brothers of any skin tone, we all served with and for each other. But like John said, we are grossly under-represented, and maybe we should start becoming more vocal as a fraternity, in a positive and constructive way. 

excellent...

15 hours ago, John Morris said:

The way we run our nation like this, is the reason why Americans are willing to step out of the box and look for a different type of leadership. I am not advocating either side of the political spectrum, Americans stepped out of the box and looked at both sides "outsiders", Bernie and Donald.

When actions like the above stated in the Free Beacon take place, Americans feel completely unrepresented, and frustrated, and they, we, just want a big change, whatever that means to whatever side your philosophies align with, we can all agree on one thing, Americans are not being represented, and the most under-represented sub-culture is our American Veterans. Yes, this makes me angry beyond anything. So we can find a ton of money to give to Iran at the snap of a finger, but we can't find funding for our VA's, ya, makes total sense to me!

33 billion? That would have been enough to send every troop, sailor, marine and airman veteran, to the private practice of their choosing.

This shows that Obama's preferences are for America's enemies over American Citizens...

http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2016/09/alien_retreat_the_rise_of_the_deplorables.html

part of the thought process of trying to solve problems overseas with money, and forget about the ones at home.

55 minutes ago, Old Coasty said:

part of the thought process of trying to solve problems overseas with money, and forget about the ones at home.

or the funding of a bigger scheme against us and Israel...