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New US program helps older veterans retrain, find jobs

By Steve Vogel

 |  Washington Post  

  June 10, 2012

Veterans across the country are signing up for a new program offered jointly by the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Labor Department aimed at retraining up to 99,000 older veterans for high-demand jobs. The program, known as the Veteran Retraining Assistance Program (VRAP), targets unemployed veterans between the ages of 35 and 60. The program is a key part of the VOW to Hire Heroes Act passed by Congress and signed by President late last year.

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