Vets say they feel misled about GI benefits

Fri, 02 May 2008 13:22:29 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Many other clips have suggested that this is the case.

WASHINGTON -- Cheated. Baited and switched. That's how veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan say they feel about military recruiters who sold them on how the GI Bill would benefit them.

Soldiers, Marines and airmen, speaking at a Capitol Hill rally Tuesday, said they are not given enough funds from the bill to cover college expenses as they were promised.

Todd Bowers served two tours in Iraq.

"I came home proud, very proud of my service, with a Purple Heart on my chest and a Navy commendation medal with a 'V' for Valor," he told a crowd of veterans.

"But I didn't come back to the education I was expecting. I came back to three different types of student loans, two of which had gone to collections."

Najwa McQueen said she joined the Louisiana National Guard in 2004 on what she thought was a promise to help pay for her college education.

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White House Blocked Rule Issued to Shield Whales

Fri, 02 May 2008 13:18:50 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Now that the oil isn't used, the bones aren't needed for corsets and the demand for MacWhale Burgers has dropped, the whales are of no value. Might as well be extinct. It wouldn't effect natures cycles much, not as much as that lump of pelican poo is doing anyway.

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White House officials for more than a year have blocked a rule aimed at protecting endangered North Atlantic right whales by challenging the findings of government scientists, according to documents obtained by the Union of Concerned Scientists.

The documents, which were mailed to the environmental group by an unidentified National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration official, illuminate a struggle that has raged between the White House and NOAA for more than a year. In February 2007, NOAA issued a final rule aimed at slowing ships traversing some East Coast waters to 10 knots or less during parts of the year to protect the right whales, but the White House has blocked the rule from taking effect.

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