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iraqnow.blogspot.com - 2/24/2009
The AP Targets the Army Emergency Relief Fund
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accusing it of hoarding vast reserves of cash. Between 2003 and 2007 — as many military families dealt with long war deployments and increased numbers of home foreclosures — Army Emergency Relief grew into a $345 million behemoth. During those years, the charity packed away $117 million into ...
mudvillegazette.com - 2/24/2009
Pick-and-choose morality
— mudvillegazette.com — I had to check the date to be sure this story found in the Dawn Patrol yesterday... was current - it is: A Green Bay soldier told the Army today that he won’t go back to Iraq because he believes the war is immoral. Walker said he hasn’t pursued conscientious objector status because it would ... (more) Pick-and-choose morality

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news.yahoo.com - 2/23/2009
Veterans advocates riled by report on Army charity
— news.yahoo.com — Veterans advocates are venting anger and frustration toward the biggest charity within the U.S. military after revelations... that it has been packing more money into reserves than it has spent on aid during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan . "We have so ... (more) Veterans advocates riled by report on Army charity

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thedonovan.com - 2/25/2009
BRT: Army Emergency Relief
— thedonovan.com — Most of you have by now either read, or heard about, the Jeff Donn's AP article about Army... Emergency Relief  "hoarding millions".  So.. are they?Dunn alleges that between 2003-2007, the AER "packed away into its own ... (more) BRT: Army Emergency Relief

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Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..:  H&I Fires* 24 February 2009

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H&I Fires* 24 February 2009
Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys.. — ... AP and Army Emergency Relief. I told you yesterday I was pinging the Big Army public affairs shop, saying they needed to jump on this one - either acknowledging a problem and laying out some sort of solution, or, defending the program. Not because the public at large really cares - I don't think many of them notice things like this - but because the donor base - people such as myself, my father, and people who read this blog and other milblogs *do* care. Deeply. Jason over at Countercolumn mounted a critique of the AP article . Objection, your honor. The use of the term ...

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