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Senators: Vets Need New GI Bill

Posted Nov 9, 07 11:36 AM CST in US,  Politics 

(Newser) – The US needs a spruced-up GI Bill for today's veterans, Chuck Hagel and Jim Webb say in an op-ed in today's New York Times. The Vietnam vets argue that the measure "was one of the most important pieces of legislation in our history" and call for a new version to cover the skyrocketing cost of education for those who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The original bill paid full college tuition, but current legislation barely covers the price of community college. A new bill will be expensive, the senators warn, but it "should be viewed as an obligation." To bolster their point, the lawmakers point to their colleagues who went to school on the GI Bill, including John Warner, Daniel Inouye, and Ted Stevens.

Source New York Times

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Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel listens as President Bush speaks about immigration reform in Omaha, Neb., in this June 7, 2006 file photo. Hagel says vets deserve a modern GI Bill. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak,...   (Associated Press)
Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 11, 2007, to discuss an amendment to a defense bill. Webb says vets deserve a modern GI Bill. (AP...   (Associated Press)
Marc Edgerly, 26, left, holds some of the awards his received during his military service at his apartment with fiancee Jen Freeman, 28, in Fairfax, Va., on Tuesday, May 8, 2007. Despite enrolling in...   (Associated Press)
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