WASHINGTON (AP) – Rep. Carol Shea-Porter, D-N.H., is asking for an investigation into allegations that wounded soldiers at Fort Benning, Ga., are being returned to Iraq before they have recovered.
Twenty other House members have signed the letter.
“Every step of the way, we find that this administration has looked the other way when our troops were in need,” Shea-Porter said. “Our soldiers have done their duty. It’s time for us to fight for them.”
Rep. Ike Skelton, chairman of the Armed Services Committee, has asked the General Accountability Office to study conditions at Fort Benning and elsewhere.
“It is important to understand whether these allegations are limited to a specific region, base or commander or whether this is a systematic problem within a specific Service or whether it is being experienced by other Services as well,” Skelton said.
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