| Despite a decline in total veterans "as soldiers from World War II and Korea die," the government "expects to be spending $59 billion a year to compensate injured warriors in 25 years, up from today's $29 billion," according to internal documents. The VA "concedes the bill could be much higher" as the Iraq and Afghanistan wars go on |
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Amanda Lang was a wonderful member of the Opednews team, and the first volunteer editor, for a good number of years being a senior editor. She passed away summer 2014.