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Obama, please reverse this policy

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in The Filibuster

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http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/11/27/soldier.suicide/index.html

 

 

 

Yet there's an empty spot on the wall for an honor that never arrived: a letter from the president.

 

Gregg Keesling wanted to know why, especially after hearing President Obama talk about how he struggled to write letters to the families of each and every soldier killed in the war.

 

After pressing for an answer, the family found out the truth: There would be no condolence letter.

 

It's a matter of policy dating to the Clinton era, according to the White House. The commander in chief sends such letters to the families of troops who have died in combat, but not if they committed suicide, Gregg was told.

 

Seems so obvious to me that this is a bad policy. Write the letters, they are for the families.

I agreed. If the vet dies in theater, his family ought to get a letter at least.
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