Boy, the army is under fire today for what one senator callings one of the worst scandals in army history. National guard soldiers are accused of scamming a program that paid them to help enlist new recruits during the height of the iraq war. A senate panel says thousands of soldiers took 29 million in illegal payments. Lawmakers say five soldiers received nearly 1 million in bogus dollars. More than 3,000 soldiers may have received other questionable payments. John terret is in washington for us, john, if you would tell us more about this Senate Hearing today. Reporter there was a lot of anger today at this Senate Hearing on tap come hill. You have the National Guard recruiting Assistance Program which got underway at 2000 knife. Right at the heart and the height of the iraq war in afghanistan as well. And now the figures are alarming. I have more on the top of the ones that you have just given. For example, we know that 1200 people send elicit payments. 200 officers are involved. Two
Numerous states are launching National Guard recruiting bonuses to try to bolster troop numbers, but skeptics say the programs look a lot like the infamous G-RAP.
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The Congressional Justice for Warriors Caucus released the following statement in response to the Army's announcement that it would be correcting false arrest records for soldiers:This week, the U.S. Army announced it would issue corrections to a national criminal database which saw almost 2,000 service members investigated for fraud as a part of the National Guard Recruiting
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