Military death benefits won’t be stopped by government shutdowns anymore

Military Times: Military death gratuities will be exempted from future government shutdowns under a provision included in the defense appropriations deal announced this week.

The move means a permanent fix for an infrequent but devastating problem facing grieving military families caught up in national political budget fights. In each of the last two partial government shutdowns, widows of troops killed on duty were forced to wait several days for the military’s automatic financial assistance because federal rules prohibited the payouts.

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