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Policy: Page 8
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Military Veterans Budget Increases
The Department of Military Veterans will be getting more money over the next three years to carry out its mandate of supporting military veterans and their dependents. This will see houses built, bursaries awarded and memorials erected. The Department of Military Veterans has been allocated R701 million in 2020/21 and R743 million in 2021/22, up […]
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VA’s Stone: ‘We Are Not Privatizing’
Talk of the possible privatization of the Department of Veterans Affairs is a hot topic in the veterans community. But as far as Dr. Richard Stone – VA’s Executive in Charge of the Veterans Health Administration – is concerned, the department’s recent efforts are counter to any efforts at privatizing the health-care system. Stone said […]
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Federal Judge Finds Male-Only Military Draft Unconstitutional
More than 45 years after the military draft ended, a federal judge has ruled that a law requiring men but not women to register for it is unconstitutional. In a ruling issued late Friday in Houston, U.S. District Judge Gray Miller denied the government’s motion to stay a lawsuit originally brought by the National Coalition […]
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Senate Panel Tackles Proposed Revival of ROTC
Senator Sherwin T. Gatchalian is seeking a unified mechanism from the Department of Defense (DND) and Department of Education (DepEd) to address the possible cases of hazing, abuse, and corruption with the proposed revival of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) in the education system. The Senate committee on education, arts and culture on Wednesday […]
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Where the 2020 Candidates Stand on Student Debt And College Affordability
When Barack Obama ran for president for the last time in 2012, sweeping reform of our college financing system wasn’t even on his agenda, let alone that of his Republican opponent Mitt Romney. Fast forward just seven years and in the first few months of the primary contest for the Democratic nomination, candidates have started […]
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Opinion: Betsy DeVos vs. Student Veterans
As the political makeup of the 116th Congress begins to congeal, the question of what, if anything, this divided government can do together looms. Although there is faint hope of cooperation on most issues, if there is something that could unite President Trump, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senator Mitch McConnell, it should be their promises […]
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Stabenow Introduces Act to Stop Trump From Taking Military Funds For Border Wall
On Feb. 5, Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-MI, sponsored legislation to protect funding for the Great Lakes that she claims would be siphoned off by President Trump to build a physical wall along the southern border. The bill was a preemptive response to a declaration of a national emergency President Trump announced on Friday after failing to corral Congress into […]
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New High-Tech GI Bill Program Coming Soon
A new pilot program from the Department of Veterans Affairs aims to help student veterans enroll in non-traditional programs that teach high-tech skills. Dubbed the Veteran Employment Through Technology Education Courses (VET TEC) program, it was announced Feb. 13 on the GI Bill website. Read More
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Brown, Portman Invite Ohioans to Apply For Nomination to U.S. Service Academies
U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Rob Portman, R-Ohio, are encouraging Ohioans interested in 2020 admission to U.S. Military Service Academies to apply to each senator’s office for a congressional nomination. “Ohio’s students have the integrity, courage, and knowledge needed to enroll in our nation’s prestigious military academies and I am honored to nominate students for this […]
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Military tax tips: New tax law is (mostly) good news
If it’s February, it must be time to think about ….. taxes. The deadline for filing federal income tax returns is April 15. If you live in Maine or Massachusetts, you have until April 17 to file. Read More
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Lawmaker vows to protect student loan forgiveness program for troops, others
A controversial Republican proposal from last Congress to eliminate a student loan forgiveness program for public servants, including military service members, may be off the table. Speaking to reporters on Capitol Hill this week, the new chairman of the House Committee on Education and Labor, Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., said the program isn’t going anywhere — “not […]
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Alabama VA Board Names Retired Rear Adm. W. Kent Davis Next Commissioner
Alabama State Board of Veterans Affairs has recently appointed retired Rear Adm. W. Kent Davis to be its next commissioner. An active duty veteran of both the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy, Davis has experience in all service branches, serving a total of over 30 years in the military with more than 11 years of […]
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