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Kan. Benefit Applies to Only Two Guardsmen
Monday May 2, 2005 7:31 PM
By JOHN MILBURN
Associated Press Writer
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Families of two Kansas National Guard members killed in Iraq will receive compensation from the state, but the amount is half of what once was proposed and it doesn't apply to any other fallen members of the armed services.
This year's final budget bill includes a provision giving each family $125,000, the first time Kansas has provided any special compensation to supplement federal military benefits.
The House didn't agree to provisions in the Senate's version of the bill that would have set the compensation at $250,000 and would have made it a permanent program for other Kansas National Guardsmen killed in combat. However, House members agreed to study those options.
The smaller plan emerged from negotiations over the state's $11.4 billion spending plan for the fiscal year beginning July 1. Both chambers approved the budget early Sunday, on votes of 28-11 in the Senate and 89-31 in the House. Gov. Kathleen Sibelius, a Democrat, is expected to sign it.
``I'm glad we got something, but I'm disappointed we didn't get more,'' said Senate Majority Leader Derek Schmidt, the Republican who sponsored the original plan.
The guard members, Staff Sgt. Clinton Wisdom, 39, of Atchison, and Sgt. Don Clary, 21, of Troy, were killed Nov. 8 in Iraq when they positioned their vehicle between a high-ranking delegation and a suicide car bomber. They were members of Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 130th Field Artillery Regiment, based at Hiawatha.
Fourteen other Kansas servicemen, all active duty soldiers, also have died in Iraq.
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---SOOOOO...WHY only then TWO soldiers families are eligible...? WHAT THE FUCK is this....?---
Kan. Benefit Applies to Only Two Guardsmen
Monday May 2, 2005 7:31 PM
By JOHN MILBURN
Associated Press Writer
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Families of two Kansas National Guard members killed in Iraq will receive compensation from the state, but the amount is half of what once was proposed and it doesn't apply to any other fallen members of the armed services.
This year's final budget bill includes a provision giving each family $125,000, the first time Kansas has provided any special compensation to supplement federal military benefits.
The House didn't agree to provisions in the Senate's version of the bill that would have set the compensation at $250,000 and would have made it a permanent program for other Kansas National Guardsmen killed in combat. However, House members agreed to study those options.
The smaller plan emerged from negotiations over the state's $11.4 billion spending plan for the fiscal year beginning July 1. Both chambers approved the budget early Sunday, on votes of 28-11 in the Senate and 89-31 in the House. Gov. Kathleen Sibelius, a Democrat, is expected to sign it.
``I'm glad we got something, but I'm disappointed we didn't get more,'' said Senate Majority Leader Derek Schmidt, the Republican who sponsored the original plan.
The guard members, Staff Sgt. Clinton Wisdom, 39, of Atchison, and Sgt. Don Clary, 21, of Troy, were killed Nov. 8 in Iraq when they positioned their vehicle between a high-ranking delegation and a suicide car bomber. They were members of Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 130th Field Artillery Regiment, based at Hiawatha.
Fourteen other Kansas servicemen, all active duty soldiers, also have died in Iraq.
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---SOOOOO...WHY only then TWO soldiers families are eligible...? WHAT THE FUCK is this....?---
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