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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Obama Says, Hire Those Veterans

President Barack Obama has signed a law urging agencies to hire veterans. The Veterans Skills to Jobs Act lets veterans skip some mandatory job training if they have relevant military experience. The law requires agencies to treat military training as sufficient to satisfy requirements for federal licenses. It should cut red tape in certain business sectors including aerospace, energy and communications. The bill passed Congress with bipartisan support. Co-sponsor Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) said when veterans return from war they shouldn't have to do battle with bureaucrats.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

ONLY a democratic president could do this with the UNIONS. Wonder if they will be as cooperative with waiving training and giving work in their shops to Veterans when Romney is the president. MMMMM...