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GI Bill Kink Sends Vets To Brink
The new G.I Bill, which went into effect August 1st, was to cover college expenses for all veterans who served in the military since 9/11. However, when nearly 300,000 vets signed up, the veterans department, with its antiquated technology, flopped. Just...
Tags: freedom, GI, GI Bill, America, politics, news opinion, veterans, VA, veterans affairs, health care reform, illegal immigrants, Vietnam, war, world news, District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, education benefits, veterans department, unemployment, tuition, homeless programs, national news, benefits
Colleges give break to vets awaiting aid
Washington :: DC :: USA | 2 months ago
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About 250 of the 300 military veterans attending classes at Ohio State University under the new Post-9/11 GI Bill have yet to receive payments for tuition, books or living expenses. A national backlog has as many as tens of thousands of Iraq and Afghanistan...
Tags: gi bills, Iraq, Afghanistan, emergency checks, issuing emergency, afghanistan veterans, education benefits, Washington
Fort Carson brigade ready to move out
Baghdad :: Iraq | about 1 year ago
Credibility The 2nd Brigade Combat Team will start leaving Fort Carson for war next week with more clarity on where they will fight. But fast-moving changes in southern Iraq will still keep commanders on their toes and leave soldiers wondering where they'll sleep...
Tags: education benefits, Fort Carson
StreetInsider: First-of-its-Kind Study at the University of Minnesota Uncovers the Educational Benefits of Social Networking Sites
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility In a first-of- its-kind study, researchers at the University of Minnesota have discovered the educational benefits of social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook. The same study found that low-income students are in many ways just as technologically...
Tags: social network, networking, facebook, myspace, social, networking sites, education benefits, kind study, social networking
Democrats plan breaking deficit discipline promise again
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Democrats are finding more excuses to ignore the promise they made when they took over Congress that they wouldn't pass laws increasing the budget deficit. Now they're willing to do it again for a $13 billion extension of unemployment aid and a doubling...
Tags: House Democratic, Iraq, House of Representatives, house democrats, Afghanistan, combat troops, democrats aides, pass legislation, education benefits, house plan
Begich, Stevens stake out positions on new GI bill
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Mayor wants passage as is; senator seeks re-enlistment incentives. Published: April 29th, 2008 04:06 AM Last Modified: April 29th, 2008 04:06 AM U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens and Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich are taking opposing positions on a new GI bill to give...
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