Rumsfeld: Obama's denial of death benefits to families of fallen troops "inexcusable"

Author with Rumsfeld in 2011

This is just wrong.

From Newsmax:

Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld on Tuesday said it was "inexcusable" for the Obama administration to refuse to pay death benefits to families of the five soldiers who died in Afghanistan over the weekend.

"I just can't imagine a decision-making process that would produce those outcomes," Rumsfeld, who served as Secretary of Defense under Presidents Gerald Ford and George W. Bush, told Fox News' "On the Record."

"It's so unfair — to the families, to the veterans, to the soldiers."

He told host Greta Van Susteren that the White House was "clearly picking and choosing what they want to do. They're making decisions that clearly fit their political agenda."

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