Friday, October 11, 2013

Obama signs bill to provide military death benefits during shutdown - POLITICO.com

Obama signs bill to provide military death benefits during shutdown - POLITICO.com: "President Barack Obama on Thursday evening signed a House bill that allows the families of fallen troops to continue collecting benefits. The president had pledged Wednesday to fix the lapse in funding as soon as possible.

The full White House statement:

On Thursday, October 10, 2013, the President signed into law:

H.J. Res. 91, which provides continuing appropriations for standard death gratuities and related survivor benefits for survivors of deceased military service members of the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes."

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