Delays increase for burials at Arlington cemetery.
By on Aug 20th, 2007 at 11:55 am
Delays increase for burials at Arlington cemetery.
With skyrocketing casualties in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as a higher death rate for veterans of World War II and the Korean War, demand for burial plots at Arlington National Cemetery is increasing. According to the Pentagon, “nearly 2,000 veterans died each day” last year, and wait times for funerals can be as long as two months.
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August 20th, 2007 at 12:11 pmFirst no Purple Hearts, now this.
August 20th, 2007 at 12:39 pmSkyrocketing casualties? Right. Its the WWII vets dying off, theyre getting old folks, talk to them while you still can.
August 20th, 2007 at 12:43 pmI’m surprised that Bush isn’t redeploying the corpses to Iraq for the surge.
August 20th, 2007 at 1:16 pmI agree with Filbert’s comments. My grandfather passed away at the end of my first tour in Iraq. He was a paratrooper in the 101st during WWII. These heroes can’t live forever. If even 1000 veterans (from all conflicts) are dying each day, servicemembers from Iraq and Afghanistan account for 1% of the total who are entitled to burial in our national cemetaries. Let’s try to have an honest discussion.
August 20th, 2007 at 1:19 pmThere was a shortage as far back as 96. We had trouble getting my uncle into a Florida national cemetary because of how many were filling it. This is a benefit we promised them. We need to staff up to meet our promise. They promised to stand up in front of loaded weapons being fired at them and kept their promise. Now lets keep ours.
August 20th, 2007 at 2:22 pm“…wait times for funerals can be as long as two months.” This is inexcusable.
August 20th, 2007 at 5:10 pmThe administration could certainly remedy this situation quickly – why don’t they?
The Iraq war was unnecessary. While the sacrifice of the soldiers who died in Iraq is honored and appreciated the policy that sent them to Iraq is flawed and must be changed. Our nation owes a debt of gratitude to the veterans of WWII and Korea.
August 20th, 2007 at 5:20 pmARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Drunken driving fatalities increased in 22 states in 2006 and fell in 28 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, federal transportation officials said Monday.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released data showing there were 13,470 deaths in 2006 involving drivers and motorcycle operators with blood alcohol levels of .08 or higher, which is the legal limit for adults throughout the country. The number was down slightly from 2005, when 13,582 people died in crashes involving legally drunk drivers.
The overall number of deaths involving drivers and motorcycle operators with any amount of alcohol in their blood was 17,602 last year. That was up from 17,590 in 2005, according to spokeswoman Heather Ann Hopkins.
“The number of people who died on the nation’s roads actually fell last year,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters said at a news conference in this Washington suburb. “However the trend did not extend to alcohol-related crashes.”
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August 21st, 2007 at 6:23 pmIs TP a hate-site which wants to be laughed at by everyone who’s not a progressive?! All “studies” (claims by libtarded groups which are taken out of context by TP) TP cites are from nothing but untrustworthy sources.
August 21st, 2007 at 6:24 pm