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George W. Bush charged wounded vets group $100k for speech
By Tom LoBianco, CNN
Updated 1458 GMT (2158 HKT) July 9, 2015
New poll shows good news for George W. Bush 01:30
Washington (CNN)Former President George W. Bush is under fire for charging $100,000 to speak to a group of veterans wounded in a pair of wars he started when he was in office, just the latest front in a political battle over speaking fees that has hit both sides of the aisle.
Members of the Texas-based Helping a Hero charity told ABC News that Bush charged $100,000 for his 2012 speech at a charity fundraiser for veterans who lost limbs in the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars. The former president was also given use of a private jet at a cost of $20,000 and former First Lady Laura Bush was paid $50,000 to speak to the group last year.
The fees infuriated one of the board members, who called the fees a "slap in the face" for wounded veterans.
"For him to be paid to raise money for veterans that were wounded in combat under his orders, I don't think that's right," former Marine Eddie Wright told ABC. Wright lost both his hands in a 2004 rocket attack in Fallujah, Iraq.
So, Cheney and Haliburton make money on the front end and Bush collects on the wounded on the back end. Priceless.
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By Tom LoBianco, CNN
Updated 1458 GMT (2158 HKT) July 9, 2015
New poll shows good news for George W. Bush 01:30
Washington (CNN)Former President George W. Bush is under fire for charging $100,000 to speak to a group of veterans wounded in a pair of wars he started when he was in office, just the latest front in a political battle over speaking fees that has hit both sides of the aisle.
Members of the Texas-based Helping a Hero charity told ABC News that Bush charged $100,000 for his 2012 speech at a charity fundraiser for veterans who lost limbs in the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars. The former president was also given use of a private jet at a cost of $20,000 and former First Lady Laura Bush was paid $50,000 to speak to the group last year.
The fees infuriated one of the board members, who called the fees a "slap in the face" for wounded veterans.
"For him to be paid to raise money for veterans that were wounded in combat under his orders, I don't think that's right," former Marine Eddie Wright told ABC. Wright lost both his hands in a 2004 rocket attack in Fallujah, Iraq.
So, Cheney and Haliburton make money on the front end and Bush collects on the wounded on the back end. Priceless.
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