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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/055258.php:
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The 2,600 members of the Minnesota National Guard recently ended a 22-month tour of duty in Iraq, the longest deployment of any ground-combat unit in the Armed Forces. Many of its members returned home, looking forward to using education benefits under the GI bill.
For example, John Hobot, a platoon leader, said, "I would assume, and I would hope, that when I get back from a deployment of 22 months, my senior leadership in Washington, the leadership that extended us in the first place, would take care of us once we got home."
It's not working that way. The Guard troops have been told that in order to be eligible for the education benefits they expect, they had to serve 730 days in Iraq. They served 729...
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Some regular posters on this website often point out that the members of our military serving in Iraq volunteered to go over there. Their volunteer status is offered as a justification for treating them in ways that seem unfair.
Does that "justification" apply to the denial of benefits to these Guard troops from Minnesota?
10-06-2007, 10:21 AM
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