The Bush administration has endorsed a House bill that would improve the Montgomery GI Bill (MGIB) education benefits in several ways including with a 31 percent jump in monthly benefits and a new $500-a-month stipend to help cover college living expenses. The aim is not only to improve veterans' benefits in wartime but to derail a far more costly GI Bill reform package proposed by Democrat Jim Webb (Va.).
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Bush Supports Increased GI Bill Benefits
Week of April 21, 2008
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