[News] The Benefits Never Turned on the Word "War." Congress's Vote Does.

An airman's widow was told her husband's combat pay and tax breaks did not apply because the country was not at war; the money never depended on that word, but whether Congress gets a vote still does.

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[News] The Benefits Never Turned on the Word "War." Congress's Vote Does.

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