O, the Doublespeak! The hypocrisy!

From Military.com Veteran’s Report:

As the House of Representatives prepared to pass its fiscal 2008 defense authorization bill, the White House urged lawmakers to reconsider a host of costly personnel initiatives added by the armed services committee.

Initiatives opposed by the White House included:

• Bigger Pay Raises
• Higher TRICARE Fees
• TRICARE Retail Drugs “Fair Pricing”
• CRSC Expansion
• Survivor Indemnity Allowance
• Reserve GI Bill

And here’s the kicker:

The legislation, approved 397-27, has drawn a veto threat from the White House because of its “Buy American” provisions. The measure covers defense spending for the budget year that begins Oct. 1.

These Bush administration folks are really for free trade. They don’t even support buying American.