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On the recordApril 12, 2011
So how can we all admit how well trained they are, and the only thing that separates them from where they are today and a job is a certificate saying that they have 15 years as an electrician? Something is crazy wrong with this.
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Richard Burr
Republican · North Carolina

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Burr highlights the disconnect between veterans' training and job certification requirements.

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