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Obama No-Shows Come to Life on Veteran Death Benefits
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A half-dozen members of President Barack Obama’s Cabinet sit on an advisory council overseeing life insurance for U.S. military forces, a program facing investigations of whether insurers are unfairly profiting from policies of dead soldiers and veterans.
The last time the Advisory Council on Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance met, in November 2009, none of the Cabinet members attended. Aides accustomed to handling the issue for their agencies went as representatives.