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We send them to hell, but when they get back, they face nothing but red tape when trying to get a job. Watch Jon Stewart “interview” them for a job — School Nurse — that they’re extremely qualified for but “don’t have the skills” to do, even though they fixed broken soldiers on the front…

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Aug 28, 2013

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