WASHINGTON — Some U.S. Army civilian employees may get pink slips before Christmas because Defense Department funding hasn’t been approved, a defense spokesman said.
President George Bush and Defense Secretary Robert Gates have asked Congress to pass a $178 billion defense funding bill without including a timetable for troop withdrawals from Iraq. The House passed a $50 billion measure that including a time line for redeployment of troops, but the measure stalled in the Senate.
The employees would not be laid off until after Christmas, but some contracts require 60-day notification if the layoffs will be longer than 60 days, Defense Department spokesman Bryan Whitman said in a news release.
The department is using fiscal 2008 funds, not part of the supplemental funding needed, to keep operations going, he said.
Gates has requested to shift $3.7 billion from U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force payrolls and an $800 million excess in the working capital fund to Army and Marine Corps operations.
This is yet another example of the incompetance of Harry Reid and the Democratic Majority.
The refusal of Congressional Democrats to fund Iraq ” something they promised they would do in the 2006 election season ” may have a more sinister goal.
They seem to want to destroy the military.
They have told Defense Secretary Robert Gates to get the funding out of the existing military budget.
This amounts to a 10% funding cut for the American military.
And they dare say they support the troops?
PS: I don’t suppose that any of you Democratic Presidential candidates feel like explaining why you’re not ashamed of what your party’s doing to good union people? Believe me, I’m not planning to hold my breath until I get an answer.
H/T to Memeorandum
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Democrats are Anti-American Liars pure and simple.
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