deferment
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In refinancing, your husband would lose a raft of federal protections and flexible deferment and forbearance options.
From MarketWatch ● May 15, 2026
He avoided the Vietnam War draft with four student deferments and one medical deferment for bone spurs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2026
The federal check now in deferment limbo was supposed to reimburse the state for the federal government’s share of that spending.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
Most of the rest is in forbearance or deferment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026
As long as he was in school, he’d have a student deferment from the draft.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
The marriage and children the couple soon produced allowed Cheney to obtain draft deferments while pursuing graduate studies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2025
He obtained a string of deferments, first so that he could finish his college course and then when his new wife, Lynne became pregnant.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2025
With a Direct Subsidized Loan, the federal government pays the interest while the student is enrolled at least half-time, then during the six-month grace period after leaving school and during any approved deferments.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2025
After graduating high school from the New York Military Academy in 1964, he received four education deferments to attend college.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2024
When the professors learned that students who did not maintain a certain grade point average could lose their deferments and be drafted, they decided not to give any grades.
From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom
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