Image by Getty Images via @daylife A group of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans called on President Obama to fire Alan Simpson from the White House fiscal commission for suggesting that veterans getting federal medical benefits are adding to the country’s debt problem.
VoteVets.org, which often works with liberal groups, seized on Simpson’s statement this week questioning a recent Obama administration rule that would expand medical benefits for Vietnam veterans and cost $42 billion over the next decade. The rule calls for disability awards for veterans exposed to Agent Orange and suffering from heart disease.
Simpson, the Republican co-chairman of Obama’s debt panel, told The Associated Press, "The irony [is] that the veterans who saved this country are now, in a way, not helping us to save the country in this fiscal mess."
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