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Tx4obama

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2. Might be part of the initiative/program that Michelle Obama and Jill Biden started up ....
Fri Sep 27, 2013, 12:31 AM
Sep 2013



August 22, 2012

First Lady Michelle Obama Announces 125,000 Veterans & Military Spouses Hired through Joining Forces

WASHINGTON – Today, First Lady Michelle Obama traveled to Naval Station Mayport, Florida to announce that more than 2,000 businesses who have participated in her Joining Forces initiative have hired or trained more than 125,000 veterans and military spouses in the past year. Mrs. Obama also announced that these same companies have committed to build on the momentum to date and have pledged to hire or train 250,000 veterans and spouses in the coming years. The First Lady’s event at Naval Station Mayport was livestreamed by the Department of Defense to every U.S. military base around the world.

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http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/08/22/first-lady-michelle-obama-announces-125000-veterans-military-spouses-hir


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