I'm not even military and I want to slap him. The obvious no brainer reaction is "well, that sucks. But the Pentagon should eat the costs or have the state pay for it." The state department screwed up, not the people that signed up under it. Those folks were told something, got something from it and didn't know it was a "whoops! Clerical error!" for granting them it. It sucks, but the Pentagon has more than enough money to eat this L and move on. Hassling veterans for that money back is just scuzzy.