President Bush this morning signed into law the Iraq/Afghanistan supplemental funding measure that includes the "21st Century G.I. Bill" legislation described in a Science Careers article earlier this month. The bill expands educational benefits to veterans of the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, providing support more in line with the original G.I. Bill passed in 1944.
Bush had originally opposed the bill, but later accepted it as part of the supplemental funding package, with an added provision enabling veterans to transfer the educational benefits to family members.
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