Patriot Games wrote:
> On Tue, 13 May 2008 06:49:29 -0400, Harry Hope <rivrvu@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote:
>>From The Associated Press, 5/13/08:
>
>>http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-gi-bill,0,4433670.story
>>Pentagon biggest obstacle to Democrats' GI bill
>>Veterans groups say it's time to expand college aid for GIs, and
>>Democrats want to use an election year to do it.
>>Their biggest obstacle?
>>The Pentagon.
>>The Defense Department is lobbying against legislation proposed by
>>Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., that would guarantee a full-ride scholar****p for
>>service members to any in-state public university.
>
> You FAILED to state WHAT the Pentagon objection to the Demmy GI Bill
> Expansion is.....
In a campaign they are calling "Torture shouldn't have to wait til
finals week" they don't think troops should be eligible for benefits
until they've lost a limb or suffered an organ failure. Keeping
people in Bush's Crusade is getting tougher and tougher.
--Jeff
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The trouble with the world is that the
stupid are cocksure and the intelligent
are full of doubt. --Bertrand Russell
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