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To: KLP who wrote (97551)	1/29/2005 3:24:23 PM
From: greenspirit	Respond to of 793758

Thanks for the Baghdad update. In regard to the GI Bill, actually it has been steadily improved upon for the better part of 10 year now to our current situation. The system is very complicated, which is probably why few people really understand it. For instance, if you came in before 1986 you receive a certain benefit, if you came in after 1998 you receive the New GI benefit etc. (my dates are not exact, but you get the drift). It's been tweaked with and tweaked with for years and congress has changed the system quite a few times. That's one of main reasons we should adopt a simple system like the old GI bill. Everyone understood it, and it was extremely beneficial. Congress shifted back to using the old name a few years ago in order get the public to buy into the notion the benefits were the same as the old GI bill, but they are not. Not even close. I suppose like allot of things it's a cost matter. The bean counters on Capital Hill probably see a huge cost increase if we go back to the old system. They fail to take into consideration the non-direct benefits to our society and our military imho.

To: KLP who wrote (97551)	1/29/2005 3:41:35 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793758

Evidently they were 9 miles away, and our technology over there pinpointed them quickly.... 9 miles....wonder if that report is accurate? Identifying the source is part of our "counterbattery" artillery effort. And we are supurb at it.