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Take Two for GI Bill

Inside Higher Ed

January 27, 2010

After admittedly being overwhelmed by a deluge of new veterans seeking benefits, VA officials now say they have -- for the most part -- at least paid veterans their full benefits for the fall semester. The agency processed about $1.5 billion in payments to more than 183,000 veterans in the fall, and there are now fewer than 500 eligible veterans who've yet to receive their fall packages. For the spring term, the VA has already received 132,000 enrollment certifications from colleges and processed more than 105,000, officials said.