ERAUMattmom
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I just read this in AirForceTimes article just posted..
"A Pennsylvania lawmaker proposed saving the military’s tuition assistance program by cutting foreign aid to Egypt.
The effort has almost no chance of success, at least not soon enough to make a difference before next year in the fate of the education program.
Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., introduced HR 1039 on Monday, when only the Army and Marine Corps had announced they were canceling tuition assistance because of budget cuts resulting from sequestration. The Coast Guard and Air Force have since announced that they also are ceasing new tuition assistance agreements for the rest of this fiscal year.
Rep. Walter B. Jones, R-N.C., is an original cosponsor of the bill.
Fitzpatrick called the services’ decision to shut down tuition assistance “disappointing and unacceptable.”
“As a nation, we must more carefully set our budget priorities,” he said in a statement. “This program, which provides our soldiers and Marines with educational support they have earned, must take precedence over assistance to foreign governments.” The U.S. released $250 million in aid to Egypt on March 3."
What exactly does this mean for AFROTC ICS?
"A Pennsylvania lawmaker proposed saving the military’s tuition assistance program by cutting foreign aid to Egypt.
The effort has almost no chance of success, at least not soon enough to make a difference before next year in the fate of the education program.
Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., introduced HR 1039 on Monday, when only the Army and Marine Corps had announced they were canceling tuition assistance because of budget cuts resulting from sequestration. The Coast Guard and Air Force have since announced that they also are ceasing new tuition assistance agreements for the rest of this fiscal year.
Rep. Walter B. Jones, R-N.C., is an original cosponsor of the bill.
Fitzpatrick called the services’ decision to shut down tuition assistance “disappointing and unacceptable.”
“As a nation, we must more carefully set our budget priorities,” he said in a statement. “This program, which provides our soldiers and Marines with educational support they have earned, must take precedence over assistance to foreign governments.” The U.S. released $250 million in aid to Egypt on March 3."
What exactly does this mean for AFROTC ICS?
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