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  The Nation's #1 Independent Veterans Web Site Click here to make VA Watchdog dot Org your homepage SENATE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS NEWS from Larry Scott at VA Watchdog dot Org -- 06-19-2008 |
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The Nation's #1 Independent Veterans Web Site Click here to make VA Watchdog dot Org your homepage SENATE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS NEWS from Larry Scott at VA Watchdog dot Org -- 06-19-2008 |
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DEMOCRATIC PRESS RELEASE June 19, 2008
AKAKA CALLS FOR SWIFT PASSAGE OF AGREEMENT ON GI BILL
 WASHINGTON,
D.C. - U.S. Senator Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI), Chairman of the Veterans'
Affairs Committee, issued the following statement today following
reports of a brokered agreement on H.R. 2642,
the Supplemental Appropriations bill, which
includes provisions from S. 22, the "Post
9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act".
"Nearly a month after the Senate voted to give post-9-11 veterans a much-deserved increase in their education benefits, it appears that a bipartisan agreement has been reached to move the bill to final passage. This compromise is the product of the good-faith efforts of members of Congress, the White House, and veterans organizations. I join the overwhelming majority of my colleagues and veterans organizations in calling for its swift passage and enactment. "Our troops have spent over six years in
Afghanistan and over five years in Iraq, and it is time to provide them
with a modernized GI Bill to help them readjust to civilian life."
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