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bike man

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4. edited Unless I misread one or more articles on this, the cut to tuition aid does not
Wed Mar 20, 2013, 07:50 PM
Mar 2013

affect vets using the GI bill, but rather active duty troops who get the aid for studies while on active duty.

edited to add this http://www.news-record.com/news/936763-91/us-house-to-vote-on

College tuition assistance for active-duty military members, cut as part of the federal sequester, might be restored.

An amendment that restores funding to the program used by an 300,000 service members cleared the U.S. Senate today on a voice vote.

The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote Thursday on the continuing budget resolution that includes the amendment, which was proposed by Sen. Kay Hagan, a Greensboro Democrat, and Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla. <more at link>

there are more, newer links on the google page found using "tuition aid cut active duty" The one I listed is about 3 or 4 hours old.

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