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Today's GI Bill Falls Short of College Costs

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September 27, 2007

The way the GI Bill serves veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is quite different from the way it served soldiers of World War II. Today it covers only 60 percent of the cost of a public-school education. Paul Rieckhoff, executive director of the advocacy group Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, speaks with Renee Montagne.

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