Re: "The United States Of America Will NOT Be Cutting Funding To Stars and Stripes Magazine Under My Watch," Trump Tweeted. "It Will Continue To Be A Wonderful Source Of Information To Our Great Military!"

On 9/4/20 11:01 PM, AlleyCat wrote:
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> "The United States Of America Will NOT Be Cutting Funding To Stars and Stripes 
> Magazine Under My Watch," Trump Tweeted. "It Will Continue To Be A Wonderful 
> Source Of Information To Our Great Military!"
> 
> =====
> 
> Trump Wont Let Pentagon Close Stars And Stripes Newspaper
> 
> September 04, 2020 4:10 PM in News
> Source: Associated Press
> By: Associated Press
> 
> (you know the Associated Press... that vast right-wing news organization)
> 
> WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Friday that he won't allow the 
> Pentagon to cut funding for the military's independent newspaper, Stars and 
> Stripes, effectively halting Defense leader's plan to shut the paper down this 
> month.
> 
> "The United States of America will NOT be cutting funding to @starsandstripes 
> magazine under my watch," Trump tweeted. "It will continue to be a wonderful 
> source of information to our Great Military!"
> 
> Trump's tweet came as he fought off new accusations that he called service 
> members killed in World War I "losers" and "suckers" during an event in France 
> in 2018. The comments, first reported by The Atlantic and confirmed by The 
> Associated Press, are shining a fresh light on Trump's previous public 
> disparaging of American troops and military families and they delivered a new 
> campaign issue to his Democratic rival Joe Biden, less than two months from 
> Election Day.
> 
> The Defense Department has ordered the paper to halt publication by Sept. 30, 
> and dissolve the organization by the end of January. The order, in a recent 
> memo to Stripes, follows the Pentagon's move earlier this year to cut the $15.5 
> million in funding for the paper from the Defense Department budget. And it is 
> a reflection of the Trump administration's broader animosity for the media and 
> members of the press.
> 
> The Trump White House hadn't spoken out against the Pentagon plan to close the 
> paper before Thursday, even though it's been in the works and publicly written 
> about for months. On Friday, however, Trump worked to shore up his reputation 
> as a staunch supporter of the nation's armed services.
> 
> "I've done more for the military than almost anyone else," he said Friday in 
> the Oval Office.
> 
> Trump was alleged to have made the comments about the war dead as he was set to 
> visit the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery during a trip to France in November 
> 2018.
> 
> Members of Congress have objected to the defunding move for months. And 
> senators sent a letter to Defense Secretary Mark Esper this week urging him to 
> reinstate the money. The letter, signed by 15 senators - including Republicans 
> and Democrats - also warns Esper that the department is legally prohibited from 
> canceling a budget program while a temporary continuing resolution to fund the 
> federal government is in effect.
> 
> "Stars and Stripes is an essential part of our nation's freedom of the press 
> that serves the very population charged with defending that freedom," the 
> senators said in the letter.
> 
> Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., in a separate letter to Esper in late August, also 
> voiced opposition to the move, calling Stripes "a valued 'hometown newspaper' 
> for the members of the Armed Forces, their families, and civilian employees 
> across the globe." He added that "as a veteran who has served overseas, I know 
> the value that the Stars and Stripes brings to its readers."
> 
> In the memo, the department says Esper made the decision as a result of his 
> department-wide budget review. Signed by Army Col. Paul Haverstick, acting 
> director of the Pentagon's Defense Media Activity, the memo says plans to close 
> the paper are due on Sept. 15 and the last newspaper is to be published on 
> Sept. 30.
> 
> The memo adds that if the paper continues to be funded by either a continuing 
> resolution "or other unforeseen circumstances" then Stripes must submit a plan 
> by Sept. 15 to shut down at the end of the next budget year, Sept. 30, 2021. 
> Haverstick's memo says that in that case, the last date for publication of the 
> newspaper will be determined based on budget or other circumstances.
> 
> The Stripes ombudsman, Ernie Gates, told The Associated Press on Friday that 
> shutting the paper down "would be fatal interference and permanent censorship 
> of a unique First Amendment organization that has served U.S. troops reliably 
> for generations."
> 
> The first newspaper called Stars and Stripes was very briefly produced in 1861 
> during the Civil War, but the paper began consistent publication during World 
> War I. When the war was over, publication ended, only to restart in 1942 during 
> World War II, providing wartime news written by troops specifically for troops 
> in battle.
> 
> Although the paper gets funding from the Defense Department, it is editorially 
> independent and is delivered in print and digitally to troops all over the 
> world.
> 
> The Pentagon proposed cutting the paper's funding when making its budget 
> request earlier this year, triggering angry reactions from members of Congress.
> 
> The House-passed version of the Pentagon budget contains funding for the 
> paper's publication, but the Senate has not yet finalized a defense funding 
> bill.
> 
SO many lies that it takes all day to correct the FAKE NEWS that
DEMOCRATS spew all day....




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