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Friday, May 16, 2008 --- 70 days ago http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-wright/the-new-gi-bill-its-a-win_b_102194.ht
| When I was a youngster in the Midwest in the years after World War II, many people still called Memorial Day "Decoration Day," acknowledging its roots as a national day of mourning for the Union soldiers who had died in the Civil War. After World War I, the day became a time to honor all those who had died in uniform. For the past several years, however, it has been an occasion to remember the men and women who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan, and to think of our obligations to those who are still serving overseas or recovering at home.
Although national support for the wars is as limited today as it was for Vietnam War in the 1960s and 70s, most people acknowledge that the policies that have taken us into the Middle East are not the fault of the men and women in the military. Yet few Americans realize that the young people who are serving their country in Iraq and Afghanistan will not receive the kind of assistance that their grandfathers received when they returned from World War II. Educational benefits for the current generation of volunteers, whether they served in the regular military or in the Reserves or National Guard, are seriously inadequate. The original GI Bill covered the full cost of a veteran's education, but today the maximum assistance covers only 60 to 70 percent of average "tuition not room or board" at a public four-year university. In the coming days, Congress will consider a new GI Bill (S 22), sponsor ... |
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