I read it. The main problem is that they're literally swamped. Lot's of Soldiers returning from Iraq and such. Go to the comments at the bottom of article and read what Onebadstud has to say. Sounds like a very smart fellow. Government isn't ALL bad.

Veterans who can't work are living in horrible conditions and committing suicide at alarming rates because of it. Their families are suffering, while the WH plays Marie Antoinette "let them eat cake".

University chancellors may be breathing easier after state Sen. Leticia Van de Putte, D-San Antonio, and Rep. Chris Turner, D-Arlington, filed companion bills to help state higher-education institutions pay for state-mandated programs that exempt veterans or their dependents from tuition payments.

Senate Bill 1543 and House Bill 3265, filed Friday, allow universities to dip into untapped tuition funds originally designated for the “B-On-Time” loan program to pay for the Hazlewood Act, enacted after World War I, and the Hazlewood Legacy Act, championed by Van de Putte in 2009.

“By allowing our state’s colleges and universities to utilize unused B-On-Time funds that are currently being transferred back to the state to instead offset Hazlewood costs, we will strengthen our veterans benefits and help our colleges and universities,” Turner said Tuesday in a statement.

University chancellors appealed directly to the Senate Veterans Affairs and Military Installations Committee last week for financial support. University of Texas System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa said Hazlewood exemption costs for the system grew from $9 million in 2010 to $28.5 million in 2012, a cost too heavy for the universities to absorb alone.

But the chancellors did not escape the hearing without admonishment from the lawmakers. Van de Putte, who chairs the committee, asked that the institutions provide more uniform data on the program participants.

“We’re having difficulty getting the true cost,” Van de Putte said during the hearing. She also criticized them for their poor employment of veterans on college campuses.

http://www.texastribune.org/2013/03/12/van-de-putte-files-bill-universities-pay-veterans/?utm_source=texastribune.org&utm_medium=alerts&utm_campaign=News%20Alert:%20Subscriptions

By Darlene Superville - The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Mar 13, 2013 15:59:56 EDT



WASHINGTON — Michelle Obama challenged America’s top CEOs on Wednesday to “think outside the box” and hire more veterans.

The first lady said that, while declines in overall unemployment are encouraging, joblessness among the 9/11 generation of veterans — those who served in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan — is nearly two points higher than the national average, at 9.4 percent. She said that figure means that about 200,000 veterans don’t have jobs, not including their spouses and those who will return home after the U.S. ends its combat mission in Afghanistan.

Unemployment nationwide fell two-tenths of a point last month to 7.7 percent, its lowest level in more than four years.

Addressing a meeting of the Business Roundtable, which represents chief executive officers of the 200 largest U.S. corporations, Mrs. Obama said the “Joining Forces” campaign she launched two years ago with Jill Biden, the vice president’s wife, to rally the country around its military members, has led businesses to hire or train more than 125,000 veterans and military spouses. The private sector also has pledged to hire or train 250,000 more veterans by the end of 2014.

But, the first lady said, “We’ve still got a lot more work to do.”

“Whether you’re in finance or technology or the food industry, every single one of you can ask yourselves that same question: ‘What more can we do?’” she said. “So today, I want to challenge all the members of the Business Roundtable to answer that question for your business.”

“Think outside the box, take real risks and work together to make big, bold commitments to hire our veterans and military spouses and help them reach their full potential within your companies. Show them that your business is there for them for the long haul,” the first lady said.

In challenging the CEOs, Mrs. Obama highlighted Wal-Mart’s pledge this year to hire more than 100,000 veterans in the next five years as part of its plan to help jumpstart the economy. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is the world’s largest retailer and biggest private employer in the U.S. with 1.4 million workers.

Wal-Mart also has made an open-ended commitment to hire any honorably discharged veteran who is still looking for a job a year after they leave the military and wants to work for the retailer.

Separately, UPS said Wednesday that it will hire more than 25,000 veterans over the next five years and commit more than 25,000 employee volunteer hours to helping veterans and the organizations that serve them.

In her remarks, Mrs. Obama disclosed that vice presidents and human resource professionals from Business Roundtable companies met with White House officials last week to talk about how to find people with the particular skills needed at their businesses.


http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2013/03/ap-first-lady-urges-ceos-hire-more-veterans-031313/

From last year but still relevant since he now wants to cut educational benefits as reported by everyone.

http://www.examiner.com/article/obama-to...t-union-workers