By Rick Maze - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Jul 25, 2007 9:33:11 EDT
The Senate’s top Democrat said he could move by week’s end to separate a bill that would improve treatment and benefits for wounded combat veterans from the 2008 defense budget.
Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada, the Senate majority leader, said linking so-called wounded warrior legislation to the defense authorization bill, which seemed like a good idea two weeks ago, doesn’t seem so wise now that the defense policy bill has bogged down over political squabbling about Iraq policy.
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