"...As Congress prepares to debate the Pentagon’s 2013 budget proposal, which includes an initiative to raise health care fees for military retirees, a key senator says the nation must stand by an unwritten promise made to service members to provide lifetime medical care.
Sen. Jim Webb, D- Va., chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee’s military personnel panel, said Thursday he lives by this “moral contract” and believes Congress should weigh the matter heavily before “characterizing the commitment we have made as a throwaway matter.”..."
Sen. Jim Webb, D- Va., chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee’s military personnel panel, said Thursday he lives by this “moral contract” and believes Congress should weigh the matter heavily before “characterizing the commitment we have made as a throwaway matter.”..."