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Shinseki: VA working to resolve GI Bill issues

Sep. 25, 2009
Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki says Iraq and Afghanistan veterans are right in complaining about delays in receiving payments under the new GI Bill. He says a good portion of the delays stem from the wait from schools to send in final counts on...
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler