I was disappointed to read Sarah Snell Cooke's column on May 21 concerning AAFES' launch of a credit card through JPMorgan Chase.

Frankly, it is not competition or JPMorgan Chase that we oppose. But rather the circumvention of the Department of Defense financial management regulation process and what that portends. We would be remiss in our mission to safeguard the interests of credit union members, especially those who are military service members and their families, if we did not oppose this flagrant violation.

Moreover, we have always worked well with DCUC and will continue to do so–on this issue and any others impacting defense credit unions–whether from inside the Pentagon, on Capitol Hill or elsewhere.

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