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JONES WANTS ANSWERS FOR WOUNDED TROOPS RETURNING FROM IRAQ

 Jones asks House Armed Services Committee Chairman Duncan Hunter to investigate financial hardship for injured troops.

Washington, D.C.- Third District Representative Walter B. Jones today asked Congressman Duncan Hunter, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, to address concerns raised in an ABC News - Primetime Live report that aired last night.  The report discussed the Pentagon's appalling treatment of the 4,000 American troops who have returned from Iraq so severely wounded that they cannot return to active duty or to their previous civilian occupation. 

In a letter to Hunter, Jones thanked the Chairman for his continued efforts to improve the lives of troops and their families, but asked that he give attention to this matter in light of ABC's revelations.   

'Something is terribly wrong when U.S. soldiers are telling their superiors that they are 'better off dead financially, for their families, if they died as opposed to coming back maimed' Jones said in the letter.  'This should never happen in America.'  

Jones urged Hunter to join him in demanding that the Department of Defense determine the source of the problem and correct the injustice immediately. 

'Whether these occurrences are isolated or consistent, let it be known that one act is one too many,' Jones said. 

For additional information or to schedule an interview with Congressman Walter B. Jones please contact Kristen Quigley at (202) 225-3415.