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Budget bill includes $6 million for vet centers at colleges

Stars & Stripes

December 11, 2009

The Department of Education will receive $6 million next year to help fund "Centers of Excellence for Veterans Success" at campuses across the country, as part of the compromise federal budget bill unveiled by congressional leaders this week. Veterans groups hailed the move as an important resource in light of the growing number of veterans headed to college under the revamped GI Bill, and the numerous problems with the benefits program that have resulted.

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