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Congress knew for at least two years about Pentagon efforts to take back bonuses from veterans - LA Times
'Audits completed last month concluded that 9,700 California Guard members were not entitled to the payments or that there had been errors in their paperwork. '
'Soldiers can appeal to the National Guard Bureau, the Pentagon agency that oversees state Guard organizations, and to an Army Board for Correction of Military Records. '
'The Times reported Saturday that the Pentagon has been demanding repayment of enlistment bonuses — which often reached $15,000 or more — from thousands of California Guard soldiers, many of whom had served multiple combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. '
'Mueller said the California Guard had previously “recommended that Congress speed up this Army process” and had sent draft legislation to do so to each California congressional office in 2014. '
'It is unacceptable to now subject them and their families to undue financial burdens thanks to mismanagement from the California National Guard and rigid bureaucracy on the part of the Pentagon," Clinton said. '
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'Audits completed last month concluded that 9,700 California Guard members were not entitled to the payments or that there had been errors in their paperwork. '
'Soldiers can appeal to the National Guard Bureau, the Pentagon agency that oversees state Guard organizations, and to an Army Board for Correction of Military Records. '
'The Times reported Saturday that the Pentagon has been demanding repayment of enlistment bonuses — which often reached $15,000 or more — from thousands of California Guard soldiers, many of whom had served multiple combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. '
'Mueller said the California Guard had previously “recommended that Congress speed up this Army process” and had sent draft legislation to do so to each California congressional office in 2014. '
'It is unacceptable to now subject them and their families to undue financial burdens thanks to mismanagement from the California National Guard and rigid bureaucracy on the part of the Pentagon," Clinton said. '
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