Panetta says educating military children a national security issue
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas
Published: June 27, 2012
GRAPEVINE, Texas -- Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, leading a contingent of top-level leaders from the Pentagon to Grapevine the next two days, asserted in a speech this morning that educating the children of armed service members is a national security issue.
With 44 percent of the nation's military members called mom or dad, it is critical to attracting and keeping those volunteers by making sure their children receive the best education possible, Panetta said.
"The bottom line is that our military is better able to defend the country when we address the long-term educational needs of their children," Panetta said in one of the opening speeches at a national conference of the Military Child Education Coalition at the Gaylord Texan Hotel and Convention Center.
The Military Child Education Coalition, a non-profit based in Harker Heights outside Fort Hood, was formed in the 1990s to help school teachers, counselors, social workers and other professionals work with the particular challenges of military children. It has also raised those children's profile within the Defense Department and Capitol Hill......
No comments:
Post a Comment