McCain would weaken GI Bill (LTTE)

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The original GI Bill, signed into law by President Franklin Roosevelt, was credited with creating the modern middle-class, and helping millions of veterans become doctors, teachers, scientists, engineers, lawyers and such ...

A new, bipartisan GI Bill for the 21st century (Webb-Hagel S. 22) would update GI Bill benefits to allow those who served in Iraq and Afgha-nistan to get the higher edu-cation that we've promised our veterans since World War II.

However, John McCain has introduced legislation that would undercut that bipartisan effort. McCain's bill would reduce the college benefit that veterans would get.

McCain's bill also creates second-class veterans, by offering those who serve in the military for 12 years the chance to transfer their education benefits to their children, but not those veterans who serve two tours and lose their legs during their service ...

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