Reflections of a Recent Grad During Memorial Day Weekend

So this is my first of hopefully many Sunday posts, I suppose an introduction would be appropriate. My name is Awais Khaleel and I currently serve as the Vice President of the College Dems of America. Since I walked across the stage seven days ago, I am also a recent college grad. And although I (like a lot of people in my situation) face a lot of uncertainty in the next couple of years, I recognize how fortunate I am to be in a place to even have this uncertainty. My college experience has been beneficial on so many levels, both personally and professionally, and that blessing has never been clearer than now.

As Americans, we spend Memorial Day weekend remembering and honoring those that have served this country. Therefore as a rule, we want to afford those who have sacrificed for this nation every opportunity to succeed after their service. Unfortunately, however, not everyone appears to feel this way.

Alex Cornell du Houx, who is the Chair of the National Council for our organization and a Marine who served in Iraq, blogged on the Huffington Post earlier this week about this unfortunate phenomenon. More specifically, he wrote about how regrettable it was that John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, refused to support the new GI Bill that found broad bi-partisan support in the Senate this week. And while I could write about this until I’m blue in the face, I cannot imagine a better description of the issue from a more credible source than what you’ll find there.

See the article [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-cornell-du-houx/tell-john-mccain-to-standb103163.html|here]]