The President's budget also freezes job training. We have a cut, as I said, of $151 million in dislocated worker problems, dislocated from economic trade and globalization. Yet, at that time, with one week to go in the President's budget, the Secretary of Labor is not in her office, is not over in the White House negotiating on behalf of American workers. She is talking about the employment opportunities in Iraq.
Discussing the impact of the President's budget on job training and dislocated workers.
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