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YOU WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MINUTE,
THE PENLT GONE WILL BE ISSUING A
PUBLIC STATEMENT THAT THEY ARE
INDEED ENTERING A CONTRACT WITH
AN ORGANIZATION VERY WELL KNOWN
TO THE MILITARY CALLED THE
FISHER HOUSE.
THIS IS AN AMAZING ORGANIZATION
THAT HAS HELPED THE WOUNDED FOR
YEARS.
NOW, STEPPING IN TO HELP THE
FAMILIES OF THE FALLEN.
WHAT IS HAPPENING IS THE
PENTAGON IS ENTERING INTO A
CONTRACT, A BUSINESS CONTRACT,
WITH THE FISHER HOUSE.
THE FISHER HOUSE HAS STEPPED
FORWARD AND SAID IT WILL PAY THE
FUNERAL EXPENSES, THE $100,000
DEATH GRATUITY BENEFIT, ANYTHING
THE FAMILIES OF THE FALLEN ARE
NOT GETTING DUE TO THE SHUTDOWN.
THE FISHER HOUSE WILL PAY UNDER
THIS CONTRACT, AND THE PENTAGON,
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, ONCE
THE GOVERNMENT OPENS UP, WILL
REIMBURSE THEM.
THIS IS THE FIX THAT THE WHITE
HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY JAY CARNEY
WAS TALKING ABOUT.
WHAT I AM ALSO TOLD BY A SENIOR
OFFICIAL IS THAT NOW THE
PENTAGON FEELS IT'S GOT THE FIX.
IT NO LONGER IS INTERESTED, THEY
SAY, IN HAVING ANY CONGRESSIONAL
LANGUAGE TO FIX THE PROBLEM.
SO THIS IS ABSOLUTELY
EXTRAORDINARY.
A NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS HAVE
COME FORWARD.
FISHER HOUSE IS ONE THAT THE
MILITARY TEDEALS WITH ALL THE
TIME.
LET ME ADD ONE MORE THING.
>> SURE.
>> WHAT I'M ALSO TOLD IS DEFENSE
SECRETARY CHUCK HAGEL HAD
BROUGHT UP WITH SENIOR WHITE
HOUSE OFFICIALS THE ISSUE OF
DEATH BENEFITS NOT BEING
PAYABLE, IF YOU WILL, IN THE
VIEW OF THE DEPARTMENT ONCE IT
BECAME APPARENT A FEW WEEKS AGO
THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN WAS
IMMINENT.
OFFICIALS TELL ME HERE, THEY
DON'T KNOW WHEN THE PRESIDENT
WAS MADE AWARE OF ALL OF THIS,
BUT THAT HAGEL -- THEY INSIST
THAT HAGEL HAD TOLD THE WHITE
HOUSE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A
PROBLEM.
IT'S GOING TO BE A PROBLEM.
WE ARE NOW AT SOMETHING OVER 20
MILITARY FAMILIES WHO HAVE LOST
THEIR LOVED ONES SINCE OCTOBER
1st, AND THIS APPEARS TO BE THE
SOLUTION.
BUT HOW EXTRAORDINARY THAT THE
GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO HAVE TO