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Jack Reed: “In your conversations with military students, did you stress the fact that there were public programs available before…”

On the recordJune 11, 2013
In your conversations with military students, did you stress the fact that there were public programs available before any private loans that would be available to them?
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Senator Reed questioned the emphasis on public financing for military students.

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