AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.

Most Americans can agree that veterans should have more education benefits (the existing G.I. Bill provides a significant range of benefits).(The Week)(Brief article)

National Review

| June 16, 2008 | COPYRIGHT 2008 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Most Americans can agree that veterans should have more education benefits (the existing G.I. Bill provides a significant range of benefits). But Sen. Jim Webb's proposed expansion of the G.I. Bill would provide the full range of benefits after only three years, thus eliminating one of the most valuable incentives to troop retention. Under current law, the full benefits vest only after six years, which means that soldiers who have served three years and are facing a second deployment--the most valuable soldiers in the military--have an incentive to stay through that deployment in order to get their college tuition ...

Related articles from newspapers, magazines, journals, and more
NEW GI BILL EDUCATION BENEFITS START AUGUST 1
News wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News August 4, 2009 700+ words
...start receiving college education benefits under the new GI Bill...for up to four years of education benefits, including stipends...the Post 9/11 GI Bill provides up to four years of education benefits at a college or university...
Military.com Survey Reveals Acute Need to Better Communicate Military Education...
Press release article from: Business Wire November 11, 2008 700+ words
...and planned usage of education benefits and highlights the...Post 9/11 G.I. Bill provides, according to the...especially the changes in education benefits." Planned Usage of Education Benefits Thirty-nine (39...
Veterans' Education Benefits: Comparison of Federal Assistance Awarded to...
General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony April 1, 2002 700+ words
GAO-02-368 February 28, 2002 The Montgomery GI Bill provides a monthly stipend to pay postsecondary education expenses for veterans and eligible service members. Concerns have been raised...
VA official: Education benefits are 'slap in the face'.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Farmer, Tom November 12, 2001 700+ words
...inadequate bill." While determining benefits can be a convoluted process based on length of service and other factors, the bill provides up to 36 months of benefits for a veteran with an honorable discharge and a high school diploma or general equivalency degree...
VETERANS' EMPLOYMENT, SMALL BUSINESS, EDUCATION, BENEFITS:THOMAS S.P. PERRIELLO...
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony September 24, 2009 700+ words
...that our veterans continue to have easy access to the benefits they have earned and deserve. Although the Post-9/11 GI Bill provides a number of benefits, including licensure and certification, it does not provide on-the- job (OJT) program benefits...
Obama and Democratic Congress Deliver on Higher Education Benefits, Promises to...
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire August 4, 2009 700+ words
...Democratic National Committee's Veterans and Military Families Council released the following statement. The Post-9/11 GI Bill provides for tuition and housing assistance for veterans who served on active duty after September 10, 2001. On August 1st, the...
Obama and Democratic Congress Deliver on Higher Education Benefits, Promises to...
Magazine article from: Women's Health Weekly August 20, 2009 700+ words
...Democratic National Committee's Veterans and Military Families Council released the following statement. The Post-9/11 GI Bill provides for tuition and housing assistance for veterans who served on active duty after September 10, 2001. On August 1st, the...
REAGAN GETS WELFARE OVERHAUL
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN) October 1, 1988 700+ words
...recipients who have no job skills and spend a lifetime on the public dole. Besides job training and education benefits, the bill provides for child care payments and Medicaid health coverage for a year after recipients go to work. Many studies...
For more facts and information, see all results
©2009 Gale, a part of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.
About us | FAQs | Contact us | Privacy policy | Terms and conditions
Other Gale sites: Encyclopedia.com | HighBeam Research | Acquire Content | Books & Authors | Goliath | MovieRetriever | Smart QandA