Pentagon uses PR muscle to boost groups aiding GIs

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http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/nation/13475688.htm

Pentagon uses PR muscle to boost groups aiding GIs

HARRISBURG, Ill. - Patriotic housewife Amy Oxford is sending personal holiday packages of goodies and sundries to hundreds of U.S. soldiers serving in Iraq.
And the Pentagon is using its mighty public relations muscle to make sure Americans know about such efforts.

Oxford's Southern Illinois work is one of nearly 200 mom-and-pop volunteer initiatives across the country being promoted by the Department of Defense through a blitzkrieg informational and Internet campaign it calls "America Supports You."

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All are featured on a Pentagon Web site created a year ago that has received more than 1.5 million hits.

Pentagon officials say they are simply helping Americans support soldiers serving overseas. But military analysts say the effort is not merely altruistic, and taxpayers are footing the bill.

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1. Amy Oxford, Miss December for the lates issue of Patriotic Houswife...

I'm so glad that my tax dollars can go to this rather than buying them body armor. Now they can say, "At least Joe died with a stomach full of cookies, thanks Amy."

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2. Feel Good PROPAGANDA destined to enlist more retarded Rustics

To make more Money for this WAR CRIMINAL AND DRAFT DODGING KILLER OF CHILDREN




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3. I send gifts to the troops

every quarter, when I pay my fed taxes.

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The DOD gets the major part of the fed budget. Why do they need to do extra fund-raising?