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...authorized by Abraham Lincoln in 1862, when settlers were given 160-acre tracts to encourage building out the frontier with farms and ranches. Today there is no central authority; the programs are initiated and run locally. Yet Washington has taken note. In March, Republican Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska and Democratic Senator Byron Dorgan of North Dakota reintroduced a bill that would forgive college debts, grant tax credits for a home purchase and fund small-business start-ups in counties that have lost at least 10% of their residents over the past 20 years. In Hagel's home state...
...we’re going to have to cut spending, and yes, we’re going to have to raise revenue,” Hagel said...
...Hagel concluded by saying that the war in Iraq has provided an opportunity to see the all-volunteer army in extended combat for the first time, and to recognize the problems with it that need to be addressed...
...Hagel was critical of America’s current deficit and government spending problems, which he said would adversely affect the government’s ability to properly fund the military...
...Governing is about making tough choices,” said Hagel, who added that the current congress is not doing an adequate job of promoting sound policy in regards to taxation and spending...