[Militiaman7]

The Senate on Wednesday defied a White House threat that President Bush will use his first veto against a $393 billion defense bill if Congress extends full retirement pay to disabled veterans.

Unless the journalist has really messed something up IMHO this shows Bush's contempt for Retired Disabled Vets.

[ravingnutter]

No the journalist did not mess up, you did, you need to read the whole story to get the context:

The White House budget office, in a statement released Wednesday, said senior advisers would recommend that the president veto the bill if the current compensation system was altered. "Our current deficit projections necessitate strict adherence to fiscal discipline," it said.

From this para, we can safely deduce that Bush himself said nothing about a veto, senior advisors in the Bush budget office said they would recommend one. Get a grip on reality.

[ravingnutter]

I did read it...it said a "White House Threat". If you read my post, you will find that further down in the article it clarifies that the "White House Threat" came from the White House Budget Office's Senior Advisors. It did not come from Bush himself.