This Sunday is the 64th anniversary of the GI Bill, and I'll be discussing the landmark legislation's past and present on CBS Sunday Morning. Here's an audio preview from the Osgood Files.
The anniversary -- along with a good deal of public pressure -- seems to have backed down government grinches, led by President Bush and Senator John McCain, who had opposed a much needed update to the GI Bill and its important educational benefits. Now the GI Bill for the 21st Century appears a lock for enactment, and today's veterans will get a genuine college education for their service, like the World War II veterans I profile in Over Here. Here's an excerpt from Over Here.
