sation for] Filipino Scouts [“Vet Bill
Clears Senate,” “Washington Scene,”
June 2008]. This is in fulfi llment of
President [Franklin D.] Roosevelt’s
promise at the beginning of World
War II, and as is all too often the
reality, our Congress has delayed for
years to do this.
I do not believe removing the
support for the Filipino Scouts is
the proper answer. Instead, the total
ending of pork (earmarks) would
release funds galore to take care of
U.S. veteran issues and the small
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for the equivalent of 275,000 years,
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