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Joe Lieberman: “Part of why we want this money to be used to avoid the disastrous layoffs of teachers, for instance, is that, to say the…”

On the recordMarch 4, 2009
Part of why we want this money to be used to avoid the disastrous layoffs of teachers, for instance, is that, to say the obvious, you want to protect the jobs.
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Joe Lieberman
Independent · Connecticut

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Highlighting the importance of funding to prevent job losses in education.

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