Is there no good news in the world? There's precious little in this thread.

[wendybeth]

Originally Posted by sleepyjeff

Can you back up that claim? I am not really doubting you but there does tend to be a media trick out there for the last 20 years or so of calling any budget increase smaller then originally projected a cut.

I am just curious if this is one of those instances.

I'm sure Prudence has many sources, but a quick search led to this and this and this.

Of course, it was a bit of a challenge sorting through all the 'Veteran's for Peace' and 'Veteran's Against the Iraq war' sites...

At a time when we are at war and incurring casualites, not to mention that there are numerous vets from other wars that still need care, of course a decrease would be considered a cut- there is a shortfall regardless of what you call it.