Posted on 04/10/2015 1:56:25 AM PDT by Olog-hai
The Obama administration has finally acknowledged that those hurt and killed in the 2009 Fort Hood shootings were victims of terrorism—and not “workplace violence,” as it was previously described. But while formal recognition of that is set for Friday, when victims will receive the Purple Heart, it may only be symbolic.
Fox News has learned as part of its ongoing investigation of the 2009 terrorist attack that the military, at least in one case, is still denying benefits for injuries sustained in the attack.
“I think it's almost unheard of for someone to receive the Purple Heart but not have their injuries deemed combat-related,” Shawn Manning, who was seriously injured in the 2009 attack, told Fox News. “I know that was not what Congress intended to have happen, but it is what currently the Army has determined is going to happen.”
On Nov. 5, 2009, then-Staff Sgt. Manning was shot six times by Maj. Nidal Hasan. Two bullets are still in his body—one in his leg, the other in his back—and he suffers from PTSD. The 2015 defense budget—known as the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA—included language that meant Fort Hood victims were eligible for the Purple Heart honor because the attack was inspired by a foreign terrorist group, and not workplace violence, as the Defense Department initially labeled it. Manning submitted new paperwork so the Army would recognize his injuries were sustained in the line of duty. But his appeal was rejected by a physical evaluation board, apparently based on a narrow interpretation of the law. …
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Moslem Terrorist-lover and enabler (undocumented) Obama
has converted the US Pentagon *(which the American People
once served willingly)* ... to the Army of Hasan,
that protects Bergdahl, that protects Hasan,
that protects their protectors,
and that refuses to address THE domestic Enemy of the
US Constitution.
People sign up to support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic. Considering the immediate danger from domestic enemies of the Constitution, I’m proud of those who sign up.
And his new job should be counting paperclips in a sub-basement without windows.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Or even designing software to count paperclips. What an a$$haole that idjit must be, I wish we could find out his name.My god he must be ashamed of himself.
zer0 has stacked the upper echelon with HIS general officers.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Thats true, but soon zigzag zero will have to send his stacked general officers to war, that should kill about 70% of the idiots.
It is unbelievable that the US public has become an icon of knee jerk emotional voting, subject to the liberal charismatic fascism of the day, just like 1928 Germany.
Obama is a grave threat to not only America, but to the whole world, promoting an Iran with nuclear arms.
Good read, tells it like it is:
Barrack Obama, The Quintessential Fascist:
http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html
We already have our fair share, but then why not put him in Alert for 6 months next winter with 5 months of heating fuel?
Oh with our luck zer0 will keep ‘peace in our time’ just long enough to blame the next guy for any war. That’s what the Dhimmicrats do. Blame blame blame. Not man enough to accept any responsibility.
While he is greazy and sleazy, I don’t think he would burn for 5 months without additional fuel.
Obama administration nightmare to end? When will this nightmare named the Obama administration finally come to a merciful end?
Again, how in the world could American voters vote this incompetent, lying Obama TWICE to be President of this great country named the United States of America, when Obama cannot easily handle a simple benefits request by a Purple Heart recipient? It makes me sick everyday as I think that this idiot Obama is still President.
And this is the same fumbling Obama administration that is trying to negotiate some type of nuclear bomb treaty with Iran? God help us all.
Well said. I agree with your statement 110%.
That’s the rhetoric, all right. What do you think the chances are that the Obama military would actually be called upon to do that?
The Community-Organizer-in-Chief would never call up our military to defend the Constitution against himself. However, our military might still step up to defend the Constitution given an immediate danger. Those currently in our military will return to civilian life with skills that may become essential if the progression to totalitarian socialism goes any further. I’d say military service is more important now than ever before in our history.
As for the limp-wristed senior officers, they will have no real effect on decent Americans. Our uniformed forces will listen to the diversity training lectures quietly, learn what thoughts they are not permitted to express on base while the pervert remains in our White House, and go on with life.
Buahahahahaha!
Well, lets see what the Dhimmicrats do when they have a citizen riot on their hands from coast to coast. Every state and local police force will turn on the feds, after what they did in Ferguson and NYC.
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