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At the top of the list of no-brainers in Washington should be Senator Jim Webb’s proposed expansion of education benefits for the men and women who have served in the armed forces since Sept. 11, 2001.

Senator Webb, a Virginia Democrat, has been the guiding force behind this legislation, which has been dubbed the new G.I. bill. The measure is decidedly bipartisan. Mr. Webb’s principal co-sponsors include Republican Senators Chuck Hagel of Nebraska and John Warner of Virginia, and Democratic Senator Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey.

Well, you might be surprised at who is not supporting this effort. The Bush administration opposes it, and so does Senator John McCain.

The Bush administration opposes the new G.I. bill primarily on the grounds that it is too generous, would be difficult to administer and would adversely affect retention.

The estimated $2.5 billion to $4 billion annual cost of the Webb proposal is dwarfed by the hundreds of billions being spent on the wars we’re asking service members to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan. What’s important to keep in mind is that the money that goes to bolstering the education of returning veterans is an investment, in both the lives of the veterans themselves and the future of the nation.

Who REALLY supports the troops? Those who want to provide them with armor and tools to do their job and benefits suitable to the risk they take in doing their job? Or those who short change them at every turn......sending them into combat ill equipped, multiple tours of duty in the combat zone, opposing adequate GI benefits. The current Republican administration and John "Bush Lite" McCain should be ashamed of them selves. I know they embarrass me as an American.
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