{"id":133647,"date":"2022-11-17T06:35:55","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T11:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=133647"},"modified":"2022-11-17T06:35:55","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T11:35:55","slug":"retired-marine-generals-attempt-to-include-beirut-bombing-victims-in-legislation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=133647","title":{"rendered":"Retired Marine Generals Attempt to Include Beirut Bombing Victims in Legislation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The explosion of the Marine Corps building in Beirut, Lebanon, created a large cloud of smoke that was visible from miles away.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kudos to seven Marine generals who are urging to have those affected by the 1983 Marine Barracks Bombing be included in legislation to compensate victims of terrorism.<\/p>\n

Retired Marine generals call on Schumer to compensate Beirut bombing victims<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

BY\u00a0LAURA KELLY<\/a> – 11\/15\/22<\/em><\/p>\n

Seven retired four-star generals from the U.S. Marine Corps are urging Senate leaders to include victims and the families of victims from the 1983 Beirut attack on the U.S. Marine Corps barracks in legislation delivering $3 billion to 9\/11 families.<\/p>\n

The generals are calling for the Fairness for 9\/11 Families Act to be amended to include the families of victims of the Beirut terrorist attack.<\/p>\n

\u201cNone of us object to further helping 9\/11 families, but we do object to inadvertently leaving the Beirut families behind,\u201d the military leaders wrote in the letter, sent last week and obtained exclusively by The Hill.<\/p>\n

The letter is addressed to Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).<\/p>\n

Signatories include General James L. Jones, who served as national security adviser to former President Obama; General Joseph F. Dunford, who served as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Obama and Trump administrations; and General James N. Mattis, who served as secretary of Defense under former President Trump.<\/p>\n

The Fairness for 9\/11 Families Act, which passed the House in late September, would rescind and redirect $2.7 billion in unused funds from COVID-19 pandemic relief and direct those payments to immediate family members of 9\/11 victims.<\/p>\n

Lawmakers who sponsored the bill, including Schumer, praised its passage in the House as providing a \u201ccatch-up\u201d payment for thousands of 9\/11 victims, spouses and dependents who were \u201cunfairly\u201d excluded from the U.S. Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund (USVSST) when it was established in 2015.<\/p>\n

But the Marine generals say the Beirut bombing victims and the 9\/11 victims were both intentionally excluded from the USVSST because they were pursuing or had received compensation from other areas.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If you are inclined and support this initiative, please contact your senator and urge them to support this inclusion.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/senators\/senators-contact.htm<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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