Expanding Veterans' Benefits


	Expanding Veterans' Benefits

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5-23-2007 6:32 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/47cb3825-ccec-40a5-a12f-466b24d0db66/A0A1EAE8-2948-46F2-BD99-CD41C677E321/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,136287,00.html?ESRC=army.nl" href="http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,136287,00.html?ESRC=army.nl" style="font-size: 11px;">www.military.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,136287,00.html?ESRC=army.nl">WASHINGTON - Military support groups on Wednesday hailed plans to expand military <A href="http://education.military.com/education-home/">education benefits</A>, <A href="https://secure.military.com/leads/VALoan/VALoanLeadForm1.jsp">VA home loans</A> and small business grants for veterans under new legislation under consideration on Capitol Hill.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,136287,00.html?ESRC=army.nl"><P>The measure was introduced in the Senate by presidential candidate Sen. <A href="http://capwiz.com/military/bio/?id=10902&lvl=C&chamber=S">Hillary Rodham Clinton</A>, D-N.Y., and in the House by Iraq war veteran Rep. <A href="http://capwiz.com/military/bio/?id=152517&lvl=C&chamber=H">Patrick Murphy</A>, D-Pa. The lawmakers and their supporters said the Montgomery GI bill, passed in 1994, has been an invaluable tool but one that sorely needs updating.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,136287,00.html?ESRC=army.nl"><P>“The aim isn’t just to get them to simply re-integrate into civilian society, but to give them the means to achieve positions of corporate, federal and private sector leadership,” said Dennis Cullinan, legislative director for the Veterans of Foreign Wars.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,136287,00.html?ESRC=army.nl"><P>Books, room and board, and other associated fees also would be covered. Reservists and Guardsmen who have served at least two years total on active duty since 2001 could see the same <A href="http://www.military.com/Benefits/0,14972,,00.htm">benefits</A>.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/A0A1EAE8-2948-46F2-BD99-CD41C677E321/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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