I work for the Air Force. Although I have nothing to do with this story nor do I work anywhere near the departments involved, I *can* tell you this. This isn't the last you've heard of this.
When someone shines a light on a discipline problem - and that's what this is, a disciplinary measure in the making - the Air Force won't listen to excuses. Someone's head is going to roll - it may just take a while.
Where I work at Hanscom AFB we get the occasional 'news blurb' of disciplinary actions on base and you can lose your career over something relatively small. You can lose your job and be discharged for things a little more severe. This? This may put people in the brig.
Oh, and for the "It's Obama's fault because he's the Commander in Chief" crowd - according to the article quoted, it stopped happening in 2008. For the calendar-impaired crowd, that's before 1/20/2009 when he took office.
But the real problem I have with this story is this.. How can the USAF know that there were 274 remains handled this way and yet claim:
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"It would require a massive effort and time to recall records and research individually," Jo Ann Rooney, the Pentagon's acting undersecretary for personnel, said in a Nov. 22 letter to Rep. Rush Holt (Dem.-N.J.), who has pressured the Pentagon for information on the issue on behalf of one of his constituents, according to the newspaper.
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Massive? It seems to me you already KNOW the scope of the problem. Get the records (which are available to any family member who requests them) AND LOOK IT UP!