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	<title><![CDATA[Nickels and Dimes: Why the White House Opposes the GI Bill]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-rieckhoff/nickels-and-dimes-why-the_b_104229.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Anyone with a pulse knows that the Pentagon has a history of wasting huge sums of money. Just last week, an internal audit found that the Army <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/23/world/middleeast/23audit.html?_r=3&amp;hp&amp;oref=slogin&amp;oref=slogin&amp;oref=slogin">squandered $8.2 billion of taxpayer money on contractors in Iraq</a>. </p>

<p>Sadly, while their wallets always seem to be open for the contractors, the administration has a habit of tightening the purse strings when it comes to the troops. From body armor to bonuses, our troops continue to be shortchanged. Currently, the administration...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-06-06T05:12:00-04:00</date_published>
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