March 5, 1999
Senate Passes Measure Increasing Aid Under GI Bill
The Senate approved a bill last week that would increase the size of education benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill and, for the first time, would allow spouses and children of veterans to use them.
The measure was included in a package meant to sweeten enlistment incentives and thus help alleviate significant personnel shortages experienced this year by the Army, Navy, and Air Force. The bill, passed 91 to
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