A Historic Step Forward for Cleaner Air

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New Post-9/11 GI Bill Overview

Congress finally passed a laundry list of substantive fixes that will help improve the Post-9/11 GI Bill.  The benefits were streamlined and a cap was put on stipends, that freed up money to expand coverage  and ensure that National Guards members are now eligible.

Tim Tetz, director of American Legion’s national legislative commission, estimates that 400,000 veterans will benefit from these and other changes in the first year after reforms take effect.  He particularly lauded the expansion in type of training covered, and the extension of benefits to as many as 85,000 more National Guard members.

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One warm coat

The One Warm Coat project started off as a Thanksgiving weekend coat drive in San Francisco in 1992.  Almost two decades later, the simple idea of collecting coats for children, women and men in need has spread across the country and passed the one million mark in donated coats.

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