The campaign for a new GI Bill
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U.S. Marines near Fallujah, Iraq.
Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images
A new bill that would increase educational benefits for veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is before Congress.
But the Department of Defense and the Bush administration are concerned the bill is too costly and will be hard to administer.
Midmorning also examines whether the incentives being offered by the military are having an effect on recruiting efforts.
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