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D.C. Dispatches by Cynthia Dizikes

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    Klobuchar introduces job-training bill for vets

    By Cynthia Dizikes | Published Fri, Nov 13 2009 11:04 am

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sen. Amy Klobuchar introduced a bill this week intended to increase job training and apprenticeship opportunities for post-9/11 veterans.

    According to Klobuchar’s office, 18 percent of veterans who have left service in the past three years are unemployed. This is almost double the national unemployment rate.

    “When our soldiers sign up for service, there isn’t a waiting line and there shouldn’t be a waiting line when they come home and need a job,” Klobuchar said in a statement.  

    Current regulations specify that veterans cannot use their educational benefits to pay for an apprenticeship or on-the-job training. Instead, benefits can basically only go towards paying for school.

    “Not every returning soldier chooses to go to college but they still want a job,” said Klobuchar.  “Job training, from pipe-fitting to law enforcement, should be covered by the G.I. Bill.” 

    The proposed bill would classify job training and apprenticeships as eligible programs for educational benefits.

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    Cynthia Dizikes is MinnPost's Washington, D.C., correspondent and covers Minnesota's congressional delegation and reports on developments out of Washington that are important to Minnesota readers. She received her master's degree in journalism from UC Berkeley and has worked as an intern in the Los Angeles Times' Washington bureau, reporting on a variety of topics, and as a reporter for the Anniston Star in Alabama. Her work has also appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, the Oakland Tribune, Congress Daily and on National Public Radio. She can be reached at cdizikes [at] minnpost [dot] com.

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