Television
Oct 26, 2016
Mike Barnicle on the growing outrage over repaying enlistment bonuses

“Enlistment bonuses were provided to people joining the National Guard. They go to Iraq or Afghanistan. They serve their country. They come back and they’re hounded by bill collectors because of bureaucrat mistakes. I’m sorry. Stop it,” said senior contributor Mike Barnicle on Morning Joe during a segment by NBC’s Anne Thompson about the growing outrage over nearly 10,000 National Guard members were ordered to repay enlistment bonuses. Find out more about the controversy here.