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Published on Jun 27, 2013
Rep. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., who lost both legs and damaged her arm while serving in Iraq with the National Guard, offered a blistering denunciation of a contractor who used his friendship with an IRS official to win contracts reserved for the businesses of service-disabled veterans.
Strong Castle’s Braulio Castillo received the service-disabled designation because he injured his ankle while attending a military prep school before going to college.
«I’m so glad that you would be willing to play football in prep school again ‘to protect this great country,'» Duckworth told Castillo today during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing. «Shame on you, Mr. Castillo. Shame on you. You may not have broken any laws, we’re not sure yet … but you certainly broke the trust of this nation. You broke the trust of veterans. Iraq and Afghanistan veterans right now are waiting an average of 237 days for an initial disability rating and it is because [of] people like you who are gaming the system are adding to that backlog so that young men and women who are suffering from post-traumatic stress, who are missing limbs, cannot get the compensation and the help that they need.»
Duckworth asked Castillo if he believes that his disability rating of 30 percent is accurate. «Yes, ma’am, I do,» he replied. And then she explained that he had effectively said he made more a sacrifice through his military service than she did.
«You know, my right arm was essentially blown off and re-attached,» Duckworth told him. «I spent a year in limb salvage with over a dozen surgeries over that time period and, in fact, we thought we would lose my arm and I’m still in danger of possibly losing my arm. I can’t feel it. I can’t feel my three fingers. My disability rating for that arm is 20 percent.»
Duckworth sarcastically imagined Castillo «play[ing] through the pain» of his disability when he left military prep school, did not join the military, and instead played football at the University of San Diego.
«I recovered with a young man, a Navy corpsman, who — while he was running through an ambush where his Marines were hurt — had his leg knocked off with an RPG,» she said. «He put a tourniquet on himself and crawled forward. He is [the one] who played through the pain, Mr. Castillo, you did not. You took advantage of the system. You described this status just today, [saying] that other companyies were using these special statuses as ‘competitive weapons’ against you — you, who never took up a weapon in defense of this great nation very cynically took advantage of this system. You broke the faith with this nation. You broke the faith with the men and women who lie in hospitals right now at Walter Reed in Bethesda, at Brook Army Medical Center in [San Antonio], you broke the faith with them.»
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esai108 1 hour ago
I do not mind if our taxes go toward benefits for Veterans who truly deserve it. But this is just ridiculous.
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Andy Sold 2 hours ago
wow Castle’s Braulio Castillo should be in Jail
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theycallmemang1 1 minute ago
VA’s lost my x-rays twice. No idea what’s wrong with my heart. I want to hug this woman.
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zack28attack 4 minutes ago
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Mike95DSM 12 minutes ago
Assholes, thieves, crooks, whatever you want to call them, like Mr. Castillo deserved every word she spoke.
He is defrauding the government. Period. And how his prep school injury could be classified as a military injury is beyond me.
As stated by others; the system is broken and needs to be fixed.
Take care of the real injured. Take care of those men and women who volunteered to serve their country.
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estepjr 13 minutes ago
Ms Duckworth, you are just the best, words cannot describe, thank you
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Lazlo Panaflex 18 minutes ago
/watch?v=bkjmzEEQUlE @ one minute forty one seconds
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richter85 21 minutes ago
LOL @ Mr. Chairman’s last comment
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MelioraCogito 29 minutes ago
So you think prep school jocks who hurt their foot playing football (& NEVER served a day in the REAL military) should have their ‘disability’ given a higher rating than someone who had her arm blown off & reattached?
If anyone is being a righteous fake, it is you.
I bet you’re one of those arm-chair generals who knows how it should be done, but hasn’t got the BALLS to put on the uniform & put your life on the line to prove it.
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Lazlo Panaflex 30 minutes ago
What are «embassador budgets?»
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Published on Jun 27, 2013
Rep. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., who lost both legs and damaged her arm while serving in Iraq with the National Guard, offered a blistering denunciation of a contractor who used his friendship with an IRS official to win contracts reserved for the businesses of service-disabled veterans.
Strong Castle’s Braulio Castillo received the service-disabled designation because he injured his ankle while attending a military prep school before going to college.
«I’m so glad that you would be willing to play football in prep school again ‘to protect this great country,'» Duckworth told Castillo today during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing. «Shame on you, Mr. Castillo. Shame on you. You may not have broken any laws, we’re not sure yet … but you certainly broke the trust of this nation. You broke the trust of veterans. Iraq and Afghanistan veterans right now are waiting an average of 237 days for an initial disability rating and it is because [of] people like you who are gaming the system are adding to that backlog so that young men and women who are suffering from post-traumatic stress, who are missing limbs, cannot get the compensation and the help that they need.»
Duckworth asked Castillo if he believes that his disability rating of 30 percent is accurate. «Yes, ma’am, I do,» he replied. And then she explained that he had effectively said he made more a sacrifice through his military service than she did.
«You know, my right arm was essentially blown off and re-attached,» Duckworth told him. «I spent a year in limb salvage with over a dozen surgeries over that time period and, in fact, we thought we would lose my arm and I’m still in danger of possibly losing my arm. I can’t feel it. I can’t feel my three fingers. My disability rating for that arm is 20 percent.»
Duckworth sarcastically imagined Castillo «play[ing] through the pain» of his disability when he left military prep school, did not join the military, and instead played football at the University of San Diego.
«I recovered with a young man, a Navy corpsman, who — while he was running through an ambush where his Marines were hurt — had his leg knocked off with an RPG,» she said. «He put a tourniquet on himself and crawled forward. He is [the one] who played through the pain, Mr. Castillo, you did not. You took advantage of the system. You described this status just today, [saying] that other companyies were using these special statuses as ‘competitive weapons’ against you — you, who never took up a weapon in defense of this great nation very cynically took advantage of this system. You broke the faith with this nation. You broke the faith with the men and women who lie in hospitals right now at Walter Reed in Bethesda, at Brook Army Medical Center in [San Antonio], you broke the faith with them.»
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esai108 1 hour ago
I do not mind if our taxes go toward benefits for Veterans who truly deserve it. But this is just ridiculous.
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Andy Sold 2 hours ago
wow Castle’s Braulio Castillo should be in Jail
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theycallmemang1 1 minute ago
VA’s lost my x-rays twice. No idea what’s wrong with my heart. I want to hug this woman.
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zack28attack 4 minutes ago
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Mike95DSM 12 minutes ago
Assholes, thieves, crooks, whatever you want to call them, like Mr. Castillo deserved every word she spoke.
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MelioraCogito 29 minutes ago
So you think prep school jocks who hurt their foot playing football (& NEVER served a day in the REAL military) should have their ‘disability’ given a higher rating than someone who had her arm blown off & reattached?
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