Military "Sole Survivor's" Bill Passes Congress

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush is expected to sign legislation
that would ensure veterans benefits to "sole survivors" in
military families.
The Senate gave the bill final passage Friday.
The bill is called the "Hubbard Act" after a family from
California's Central Valley that lost two of three sons in the Iraq
war.
After the combat deaths of his two brothers, Jason Hubbard left
the Army early under the military's "sole survivor" policy.
But he soon found that the Army was denying him benefits he
would otherwise have been entitled to including access to the GI
Bill. He was asked to repay some of his enlistment bonus.
The Hubbard Act would ensure that Hubbard and others in his
position are entitled to the same benefits as others who honorably
leave the military.

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