On the recordDecember 14, 2010
So for every dollar we spent through the Department of Defense to help veterans in the GI bill, if they went to a for-profit school, they were being charged three times what public schools were charging.
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Durbin discusses the financial disparities faced by veterans attending for-profit schools compared to public schools.
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