Benefits of new GI Bill vary from state to state

Friday, July 31, 2009 | 12:01 a.m. CDT; updated 10:31 p.m. CDT, Saturday, August 1, 2009

When the new GI Bill kicks in Aug. 1, the government's best-known education program for veterans will get the biggest boost since its World War II-era creation. But the benefit is hardly the "Government Issue," one-size-fits-all standard the name implies.

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