Comments on: Will the Arab Spring bring U.S.-style “culture wars” to the Middle East? http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2011/06/21/will-the-arab-spring-bring-u-s-style-culture-wars-to-the-middle-east/ Religion, faith and ethics Sat, 25 May 2013 11:19:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: CleMon http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2011/06/21/will-the-arab-spring-bring-u-s-style-culture-wars-to-the-middle-east/comment-page-1/#comment-31319 CleMon Tue, 12 Jul 2011 23:22:52 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/?p=21702#comment-31319 President Obama also raised the specter of short-changing recipients of federal benefits, telling CBS’s Scott Pelly in an interview that "there may simply not be the money in the coffers to do it.” More than 80 million Americans who receive benefits payments from the government each month could be at risk, the Treasury Department said. Most of those checks cover Social Security recipients, veterans and civil service retirees. President Obama also raised the specter of short-changing recipients of federal benefits, telling CBS’s Scott Pelly in an interview that “there may simply not be the money in the coffers to do it.”

More than 80 million Americans who receive benefits payments from the government each month could be at risk, the Treasury Department said. Most of those checks cover Social Security recipients, veterans and civil service retirees.

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