Showing Their Real Priorities
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Tags: G.I. Bill, Heather Wilson, Jim Webb, John McCain, Major General Mel Montano, Steve Pearce
Tags: G.I. Bill, Heather Wilson, Jim Webb, John McCain, Major General Mel Montano, Steve Pearce
Major General Mel Montaņo of Albuquerque has a stinging critique in today's Las Cruces Sun News. In the piece, Montaņo takes President George Bush, Senator John McCain, Congressman Steve Pearce and Congresswoman Heather Wilson to task for refusing to support Senator Jim Webb's (D-VA) GI Bill.
The flagship provision of the bill is to provide full college scholarships for veterans that served in either Afghanistan or Iraq. The bill's annual price tag is estimated at $3-$4 billion-a paltry sum to help our returning service men and women. We spend more in Iraq on any given week.
By opposing this common sense initiative, we have to ask President Bush, Senator McCain, Congressman Pearce and Congresswoman Wilson where their priorities lie.
The flagship provision of the bill is to provide full college scholarships for veterans that served in either Afghanistan or Iraq. The bill's annual price tag is estimated at $3-$4 billion-a paltry sum to help our returning service men and women. We spend more in Iraq on any given week.
By opposing this common sense initiative, we have to ask President Bush, Senator McCain, Congressman Pearce and Congresswoman Wilson where their priorities lie.
