WP: Honor all those who die in service to our country

The Washington Post has a good piece today called Honor all those who die in service to our country that you should check out.

It talks about the difference between the ways military veterans who die in the service of the country and civilian employees who die serving, often in the same places, are treated.

While Congress dictates the way fallen soldiers are treated, it is left to the agency where the fallen civilian worked to decide how, and WHETHER, the employee is honored.

The article goes on to say:

"All those who serve our nation take the same oath of office. Whether they die in a combat zone, in a foreign embassy in a nation at peace or in an IRS building targeted by a citizen who hates the government, they have died in service and honor to that oath. Simple justice demands we return the honor they have given."

Amen.