Louisana House committee says National Guard troops who were killed or disabled should receive state benefits

From The Times-Picayune:BATON ROUGE, La. -- Louisiana National Guard troops who were killed or permanently disabled while on active duty in the early days of the war in Iraq or Afghanistan should be entitled to state benefits, the House Judiciary Committee said May 19.The unanimous vote for House Bill 143 by Rep. Nick Lorusso, R-New Orleans, a colonel in the Army Reserve, sends the measure to the