Hello Bob,   
      
    LL>> Special Leave for Gay Marriage Travel   
      
    LL>> Week of August 19, 2013   
    LL>> Defense Secretary Hagel announced that gay and lesbian   
    LL>> members of the military who wish to marry now qualify for   
    LL>> up to 10 days of uncharged leave to travel to a state where   
    LL>> such marriages are legal.  In addition, the DoD will begin   
    LL>> granting full benefits to same-sex couples, including   
    LL>> TRICARE, housing allowances, subsistence allowances, and   
    LL>> family separation allowances by Sept. 3.   
      
   BK>Universal health care would make Tricare irrelevant.   
      
   As it should.  However, the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)   
   is NOT universal health care.  It is an improvement from what   
   we had before, but even when fully implemented far from what   
   Americans need and truly deserve.   
      
   What exactly do Americans need and truly deserve?  Improved   
   Medicare for All via single-payer health care.   
      
   Notice I did not say Obamacare, Romneycare or Hillarycare.   
      
   Leecare is the solution.  Paid for by Bob K. and US taxpayers.   
      
   BK>Subsistance allowances are granted to all military above   
   BK>a certian rank, or were when I was in. I believe it was E3   
   BK>or E4. Housing allowances are given when base housing is   
   BK>not available.   
      
   Regardless of rank, our men and women in uniform deserve better   
   than what they get.  What we have today is a mercenary army that   
   has been brainwashed to think that only they can save the world.   
   The reality is far different, as it is led by a president who is   
   a wimp (re: Syria).   
      
   BK>IOW, BFD.   
      
   That is exactly what President Assad of Syria said about President   
   Obama's warning not to cross that red line ...   
      
   --Lee   
      
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