More news on the Webb-Hagel G.I. Bill today: The House of Representatives passed the new G.I. Bill as an attachment to the emergency supplemental. However, the supplemental funding bill itself did not pass.
Here are the Congresspersons who you can add to your list of elected officials who hate Veterans:
All the Representatives listed voted today against fully funding a new G.I. Bill by refusing to support its addition to the supplemental. The bill should come up for a new vote sometime next week.
In G.I. Bill news on the Senate side, Webb-Hagel was also added to the supplemental funding bill by the Senate Appropriations Committee. Evidently, Senator Larry Craig couldn't find a wide enough stance to strip G.I. Bill language completely. Instead, he piggy backed with Senator Dianne Feinstein on an immigration amendment that would create a process for undocumented immigrants to continue to work in the agricultural sector. Critics of the measure say it amounts to amnesty for illegals. I'm not going to debate the merits of this legislation as this is not the appropriate forum. It does seem to me that Feinstein is trying to represent her state. I do, however, disagree with her vote in that it harms the passage chances of our new G.I. Bill. I think we can all see what Craig is trying to do based on his previous comments. This is nothing more than his attempt to cram a poison bill down the throat of Webb-Hagel. The bill was also tacked on to the supplemental in Appropriations today.
If you are confused by all of this, don't worry. I am to. If anyone who has intel on this notices an error in my description above, let me know and I'll correct it. In the interim, Brian McGough says this should explain the entire process if we have any questions:
"The welcome mat for memoirs by veterans of operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom might never wear out so long as they write with the savvy of Brandon Friedman . . . Friedman's take is vivid, frank, precise and dramatic."--Military Times
"Add Brandon Friedman's The War I Always Wanted to the ranks of outstanding non-fiction produced by officers from elite combat units in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Always truthful, often excruciatingly so, The War I Always Wanted rises at numerous points to the level of literature."--Steven Pressfield, author of Gates of Fire
"A Time To Lead confirms the rewarding benefits of military service at a time when such service is experiencing considerable strain. It also includes a comprehensive description of America's current national imperatives, which deserve serious consideration."--General Alexander M. Haig, Jr., former Secretary of State
"This is a primer on leadership forged in battle and by decades of experience. . .This isn't just a book; it's a manual for leading people and living a good life."--Barry McCaffrey, General, USA (ret.)
"Whip smart, sassy, with a mouth as foul as a sailor's, 28-year-old Sergeant Kayla Williams. . .tells what it's like to be a female soldier in Iraq."--Booklist
". . .echoes military memoirists from Julius Caesar to Ernie Pyle."--Publishers Weekly
". . .a shocking, on-the-ground view of one military woman's experience in Iraq."--Bookmarks Magazine
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