Expedite

"US to expedite remaining 4,832 claims of RP war veteran"

I copy-pasted that from the Inquirer.net. I don't know who wrote that, but "expedite" is not exactly the word I would have chosen. "Pinoy WW II vets will finally get paid" would have been my choice. Expedite? Sixty years of waiting is still "expedite"? Most of these vets are already six feet under. Go tell them it will finally be "expedited". Oh wait, they are no longer beneficiaries (nor their dependents).