Price pressure grows to cut cost of veterans care reform
Congress fights to trim a bill to overhaul Veterans Affairs health care amid outrage over long waits and falsified records. The measure would expand outside care access, with CBO estimates of 35 to 44 billion dollars through 2016 and uncertain long term costs as the expansion would expire after two years.
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Veterans measure faces pressure as Congress weighs continued benefits
Ed Lorenzen of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget warns that once benefits reach many people, lawmakers will resist removing them. Rep. Jeff Miller of Florida says policy change for choice should persist beyond two years, while noting the VA backlog delays veterans access to earned health care.
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Benghazi rescue hampered by lack of information
Military leaders told Congress that two of four U S deaths in Benghazi might have been prevented if commanders had known more about the intensity of gunfire at the CIA annex. They cited delays in evacuation and incomplete, contradictory information reaching Tripoli, AFRICOM, and the Pentagon during the night of Sept. 11 2012.
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House chairman calls 3.7B border request too large
Rep Hal Rogers said Obama's 3.7 billion emergency request for the border is too much for the House to pass as is. He noted the need to split immediate funding from regular spending and warned final action likely after the November elections. White House spokesmen expressed openness to bipartisan work to move a package.
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