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McCain-Shelby feud delays honor for veterans
Politico ^ | February 25, 2016 | Zachary Warmbrodt

Posted on 02/25/2016 3:29:42 PM PST by kevcol

Stephanie Rader, a spy for the U.S. during World War II, died at 100 in January. But thanks to a spat between two Republican senators, her life was one month too short to see her service honored by Congress.

Arizona Sen. John McCain temporarily blocked a bill commemorating veterans of the Office of Strategic Services with a gold medal as he feuded with Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama, who leads the committee in charge of the measure. The bill finally passed this week after McCain relented, but not before Rader had passed away.
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McCain at first denied knowing anything about that on Monday and said he doesn't "put holds on things." But then on Tuesday, he said he may have been blocking the veterans bill.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: mccain; pork; stephanierader; ww2
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1 posted on 02/25/2016 3:29:42 PM PST by kevcol
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2 posted on 02/25/2016 3:36:25 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
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To: kevcol

And over here is where I wanted to put that life-size statue of the Chairman.


3 posted on 02/25/2016 3:37:04 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
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To: kevcol

What do they mean when they say “a gold medal”? What is this, the Olympics? Don’t they mean Medal of Honor?


4 posted on 02/25/2016 3:41:48 PM PST by webheart (We are all pretty much living in a fiction.)
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To: kevcol

Just one more reason to primary McCain.


5 posted on 02/25/2016 6:34:50 PM PST by Boomer (Liberal Propaganda is like visual/audio Meth. It ruins the mind and rots the teeth.)
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To: kevcol

McCain needs to be retired to his front porch, waving a cane and chasing kids off his lawn.


6 posted on 02/25/2016 7:01:49 PM PST by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)
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