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A New College-Scholarship Program Is Available to Those Who Have Served in Afghanistan or Iraq
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(TEBO OPEN):
AS ONE OF THE NATION'S LARGEST COLLEGE-FINANCIAL-AID PROGRAMS, THE
"HORATIO ALGER NATIONAL SCHOLARS PROGRAM" IS THE ONLY MAJOR
SCHOLARSHIP EFFORT THAT SPECIFICALLY ASSISTS STUDENTS ENTERING COLLEGE
WHO FACE GREAT OBSTACLES IN THEIR LIVES. NOW, THERE'S A NEW
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM: THE "HORATIO ALGER MILITARY SCHOLARSHIP".
THE PROGRAM IS AVAILABLE TO MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED IN THE MILITARY IN
AFGHANISTAN OR IRAQ--AND WAS INSPIRED BY THE PERSONAL EXPERIENCES OF
AMBASSADOR GEORGE ARGYROS [AS IN "ARDUOUS"]...
(ARGYROS):
"WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHOSE COMMITMENT TO SERVING OUR
COUNTRY AND THEIR COMRADES IS SO GREAT THAT, EVEN THOUGH THEY'VE BEEN
INJURED, THEIR ONLY PRIORITY IS TO RETURN AND COMPLETE THEIR MISSION.
YOU JUST CAN'T HELP BUT BE PROUDLY MOVED BY [THE] COMMITMENT OF THESE
MEN AND WOMEN. THE SCHOLARSHIP HAS TWO MAIN CRITERIA: FIRST,
THE RECIPIENTS MUST HAVE SERVED IN 'OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM' IN
AFGHANISTAN OR IN 'OPERATION IRAQ FREEDOM' [SIC]; AND MUST HAVE
RECEIVED AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE. WE AND ALL FUTURE GENERATIONS OF
AMERICANS OWE OUR SECURITY AND CONTINUED FREEDOM TO THE COURAGEOUS MEN
AND WOMEN WHO SERVE IN OUR MILITARY. ANY OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE
IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE BY MAKING A POSITIVE
DIFFERENCE IN THEIR LIVES SHOULD CERTAINLY BE CONSIDERED A PRIVILEGE."
(TEBO BRIDGE):
FORMER PRESIDENTIAL ENVOY TO IRAQ, AMBASSADOR PAUL BREMER,
ADDS...
(BREMER):
"OVER 525-THOUSAND AMERICANS--YOUNG AND OLD, MEN AND WOMEN--HAVE
NOW BEEN DEPLOYED TO AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ, IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
THESE MEN AND WOMEN ARE TRULY ON THE FOREFRONT OF SUPPORTING FREEDOM AND
DEMOCRACY. AND, I BELIEVE THEY DESERVE EVERY HONOR OUR COUNTRY CAN
GIVE THEM--AND ALL THE SUPPORT WE CAN GIVE THEM."
(TEBO CLOSE):
THE SCHOLARSHIP WILL BE ADMINISTERED BY THE HORATIO ALGER
ASSOCIATION. FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT
"HORATIO-ALGER"-DOT-ORG. I'M BOB TEBO.
