Democratic win puts new focus on military benefits proposals

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http://www.armytimes.com/benefits/pay/ONLINE.PAY.DEMPROPOSALS/
The plan, the “GI Bill of Rights for the 21st Century,” was introduced in 2005 with great fanfare. It included a $1,000 cash bonus for every veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, improvements in education benefits and more money for veterans’ health care, especially mental health.

It also included a promise to end what Democrats call the “disabled veterans’ tax,” the reduction in retired pay that is still required of many retirees who also draw veterans’ disability benefits.