American Legion Supports End to Student-Veteran Victimization

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Legion Supports End to Student-Veteran Victimization

Executive order to protect veterans from exploitation by for-profit schools ‘an important victory,’ says national commander. Press Release: The American Legion

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

A longstanding campaign by The American Legion to end the victimization of military veterans and families by some for-profit schools has culminated in an order by President Obama to halt the questionable practices.

On April 27, President Barack Obama signed an executive order to help protect students and prospective students using their Post 9/11 GI Bill benefits from aggressive and deceptive targeting by educational institutions, particularly for-profit career colleges. The American Legion was instrumental in the execution of the presidential order.

“This is an important victory on behalf of our young servicemembers and veterans who, in seeking to better themselves educationally, have been wrongly and unconscionably victimized by some institutions who see America’s finest as nothing more than a vulnerable market,” American Legion National Commander Fang A. Wong said. “ I am proud that The American Legion had a big hand in the president’s decision to take this bold action.”

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/legion-supports-end-student-veteran-160500964.html

- Fox News, on the other hand, found a way to attack Obama over the action, saying the executive order was an "insult to the troops." -

http://mediamatters.org/blog/201204280001