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FMCSA Grants $1 Million to Veterans Who Want to Be Trained as Truck Drivers

GlobalTranz

The federal government began tackling this problem with the Veterans’ Job Training Act of 1992 , and since then laws like the 2009 amendment to the GI bill have helped returning veterans obtain education for future careers. But is it enough? But is it enough? Unfortunately, the unique set of challenges involved with integrating the 2.4

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Transportation Funding vs. Immigration Reform (60 Minutes vs. Saturday Night Live)

Talking Logistics

A few years ago, it was the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The post Transportation Funding vs. Immigration Reform (60 Minutes vs. Saturday Night Live) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez. If it’s not one thing, it’s another…that keeps transportation infrastructure funding down the priority list for Congress.

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Top 10 Most Corrupt Countries of 2018

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Content Summary: "What we found—unequivocally – is that the government has violated its obligation to realize people’s right to health and education. workspace://SpacesStore/1aba9a34-56ba-401d-9f37-3b659e46e1e6.

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The Weight of Memory

Tailwind

These ‘draft dodgers’ avoided a draft that provided exemptions to those who had committed to higher education and had the means and connections to avoid it; at least until that policy was changed in the early 70s by the Nixon Administration. (In This is also their day, and their service must be honored.

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