don gomez, he was deployed in 2003 and 2005. as well as officer in the navy tammy krum also an iraq war veteran. thank you for joining us, boetd of you, this morning. >> thank you. >> let me start with you, don, one of the big issues addressing at the town hall meeting is education as this enhanced gi bill that's going to be helping more and more of these returning veterans pay for education. not only from state schools, but also private universities as well as helping out with housing and with paying for books. how critical is getting that help to these veterans that are returning from these wars and trying to get employment? >> well, it's very critical. we're actually very proud that the new gi bill is being implemented this month. led the way, led the fight in bringing that increased benefits to us. and what it does is it pays for the highest in state tuition in your state. it pays for a living in your area and pays up to $1,000 a year for books. and this is a big amount above what we were getting and what i was getting when