House OKs plan to improve GI education benefits


House OKs plan to improve GI education benefits

Thu, May 15, 2008 (1:22 p.m.) | The Associated Press via Yahoo

The House on Thursday passed a Democratic plan sharply boosting education benefits for Iraq-Afghanistan veterans and awarding people whose unemplo...

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Roll Call: General Clark Ready to Do Battle for Shulman (NJ)

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Already a darling of the Democratic establishment on Capitol Hill, psychologist Dennis Shulman picked...

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