Op-Ed: Will candidates let returning troops fall off the fiscal cliff?
Op-Ed by Ron Avi Astor
With the presidential race heading into its final stretch, both candidates vow to protect the sacred promises made to military families. But neither is offering any details on how they might support military families if we hit a fiscal cliff with budget cuts that could wipe out services for military and veterans’ families.
Month after month, in the midst of a heated presidential and congressional pre-election cycle, we see no organized blueprint to integrate millions of military family members into civilian society.
Since 2001, more than 2 million troops have returned from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. […]