Elizabeth Warren releases new plan for military service members and veterans, emphasizing education – CNBC
Ahead of Veterans Day, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren released an over 7,500-word plan titled “Keeping our promises to our service members, veterans and military families.“
The plan, released Tuesday, emphasizes her family’s history of military service (all three of her brothers served) and touches on her international policy philosophy, “A strong military should act as a deterrent so that most of the time, we won’t have to use it.”
Her proposal covers a broad range of issues that impact military members and families, from raising military pay to eliminating military sexual assault, as well as the policies that impact veterans after their service has ended, such as veteran homelessness and education benefits.
“A good education can open a million doors for our servicemembers and help them build a better future for themselves, and their families. That’s why I believe it is powerfully important that we ensure our veterans have access to the education benefits they’ve earned,” Warren tells CNBC Make It in a statement. “In the Senate, I’ve fought to expand eligibility for those benefits and protect student veterans and servicemembers. And now, I’m working to help thousands of military families who are being crushed by student debt by fighting to cancel student loan debt up to $50,000 and make two- and four-year public college free.”