Tonight on Secure Freedom Radio: US Representative for California’s 25th District and Chairman of the House Armed Services Commission, Congressman Buck McKeon concludes today’s show discussing the ongoing defense budget debate. The military is currently facing cuts to each of its services, including the 300,000 civilians and military jobs being dissolved. McKeon believes that it is merely cheaper to keep the troops employed in the military rather than spending the Obama administration’s proposed $400 billion training our veterans to enter the workforce after a forcible discharge from the military. Additionally, Rep. McKeon says that the unemployment rate for young military men and women returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is at twenty-two percent, not including those wounded veterans who are unable to find jobs. This is a tough lesson to swallow about the reality of how our troops are being treated. McKeon further argues that if only our ordinary citizens knew the extent to which the cuts had on the well being of our troops who sacrificed so much for our country, then we could save our military from the devastating defense budget cuts.
Listen here: [audio:http://www.securefreedomradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/09152011_Seg4_McKeon_10min23.mp3]
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