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Kirsten Gillibrand: “I think that is going to be a very difficult workforce to retain once we have recruited and trained it and it would be a…”

On the recordJanuary 30, 2013
I think that is going to be a very difficult workforce to retain once we have recruited and trained it and it would be a priority of mine, if confirmed.
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Kirsten Gillibrand
Democratic · New York

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Gillibrand emphasizes the challenge of retaining a skilled workforce for the military.

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