TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword by George H.W. Bush

Acknowledgments

Sonny’s Cast of Characters

Sonny’s Travel Tools

Sonny’s Learning Objectives

The Legislative Journey

Chapter 1

This is “Sonny:” Honorable Bill Cohen

Chapter 2

The World War II GI Bill:The Legacy Begins

Chapter 3

The World War II GI Bill and Beyond:The Legacy Continues

Chapter 4

Producing Legislative “Widgets:” Committees, Bills, and Bipartisanship

Chapter 5—1980-1983

Road to Enactment: How to Fix a “Hollow” Army

Chapter 6—Late Spring 1984

Road to Enactment: House Passes a New GI Bill Unopposed

Chapter 7—Summer 1984

Road to Enactment: Senate Passes
Glenn Test Citizen-Soldier Education Program 96 to1—First Vote

Chapter 8—Summer 1984

Road to Enactment: Senate Fails to Table Armstrong Peacetime Veterans’
Educational Assistance Act 51 to 46—Second Vote

Chapter 9—Summer 1984

Road to Enactment: Senate Passes Amended Glenn Test Citizen-Soldier
Education Program 72 to 20—After Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Votes

Chapter 10—Fall 1984

Road to Enactment: House-Senate Conference on the FY 1985 DoD Authorization Act

Chapter 11—1985-1986

Road to Enactment: Implementing the Three-Year New GI Bill Program

Chapter 12—Fall 1986-Winter 1987

Road to Enactment: Gaining House and Senate Veterans’Affairs Committees’Approval

Chapter 13—Spring 1987

Road to Enactment: House Passage and Senate Armed Services Committee Approval

Chapter 14—Summer 1987

Road to Enactment: Senate Passage, Conference, and Rose Garden

Chapter 15—1987-Present

Effect of the Montgomery GI Bill: Creating a Recruiting and Educational Incentive

Chapter 16—1987-Present

Effect of the Montgomery GI Bill: Affording Postsecondary Education

Chapter 17—1987-Winter 2008

Effect of the Montgomery GI Bill: Developing the U.S.Workforce

Afterword by Mack Fleming and Robert (Bob) Bailey

What’s the Secret of Good Leadership?
By Colin L. Powell

Endnotes

Index

Photo Credits

About the Co-Authors