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Military Officers Weigh In On G.I. Bill

June 10, 12:18 PMProgressive Politics ExaminerJay McDonough
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During the recent dust up over competing G.I. bills, we heard alot from John McCain, Lindsey Graham and President Bush on one side, and Barack Obama and Jim Webb on the other side.  What we didn't hear was much in the way of input from veterans and officers.

From Think Progress:
The Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) has announced that it “strongly supports” Sen. Jim Webb’s (D-VA) 21st Century GI Bill. MOAA said they “understand the concerns of those who would prefer to see enhanced GI Bill benefits tied to extended military service” but “the GI Bill has always been a veterans’ benefit, not a military retention benefit“:
MOAA is, indeed, concerned about the serious potential for a retention downturn among today’s forces, but believes strongly that any such downturn will be due to too-frequent extended combat tours and family separations that have been imposed on a too-small force.
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