1.0 link 55779 <![CDATA[Republicans Kill Webb's Troop-Protection Amendment]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-geiger/republicans-kill-webbs-tr_b_55779.html We didn't need any further proof that Congressional Republicans really don't give a damn about the troops or their families but we just got it in the United States Senate anyway.

Just moments ago, Senate Republicans succeeded in a filibuster in which they refused to end debate on Virginia Democrat Jim Webb's S. 2012, which would have placed strict limits on National Guard and reserve deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan as well as mandating more downtime at home before active-duty combat...

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