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    USA TODAY‏Verified account @USATODAY 25 Jan 2017

    Trump's move affects thousands of open jobs at the VA http://usat.ly/2kiixak 

    6:10 AM - 25 Jan 2017
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    23 replies 142 retweets 86 likes
      1. Jeff‏ @JeffreyRLove 25 Jan 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        👀pic.twitter.com/OdfkeSlxtM

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      1. Hector Mendoza‏ @HectorRMendoza7 25 Jan 2017
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        TRUMP HURTS OUR VETERANS! LESS JOBS TO HELP VETERANS!pic.twitter.com/tmR6GOcmOP

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      1. Metta ∞ Peace‏ @MettaNPeace 25 Jan 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        .@USATODAY When he said, "Help our Vets" during campaign, he really meant, "Hose our Vets."

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      1. KSinko‏ @KSinkovitz 25 Jan 2017
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        If he froze hiring so they could seek only Trump sympathizes for Fed jobs we are in "bigly" trouble!

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      2. Ron Whitney‏ @ronwhitney59 25 Jan 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        Why have not these jobs been filled? Could it be the VA is not a desirable workplace?

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      3. GermaLo‏ @germaine7676 25 Jan 2017
        Replying to @ronwhitney59 @USATODAY

        it's good, actually. Everyone likes it there, they hire vets

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      4. Ron Whitney‏ @ronwhitney59 25 Jan 2017
        Replying to @germaine7676

        So why haven't the jobs been filled?

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      2. Gregory Wayne Holt‏ @HGWAYNE 25 Jan 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        before you hire more you clean up your house

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      3. Jacob Myers‏ @KingDevonian 25 Jan 2017
        Replying to @HGWAYNE @USATODAY

        so he needs to make sure all those VA nurses are properly vetted? That makes sense?....

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. Gregory Wayne Holt‏ @HGWAYNE 25 Jan 2017
        Replying to @KingDevonian @USATODAY

        with the screw ups at the VA you damn right they do

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      1. Theodore B Nolan‏ @TheodoreBNolan 25 Jan 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        No government agency is short-staffed.

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      2. daheater‏ @daheater3 25 Jan 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        These positions didn't just become "Open" on January 20th. Thanks for the biased reporting!!!

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      2. Russell Brown‏ @Russell36630045 25 Jan 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        How about let's fix the problem before hiring more people to add to the already screwed system

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      3. GermaLo‏ @germaine7676 25 Jan 2017
        Replying to @Russell36630045 @USATODAY

        VA isn't screwed. My husband uses it.

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      4. Russell Brown‏ @Russell36630045 25 Jan 2017
        Replying to @germaine7676 @USATODAY

        maybe not for your husband but for 225,000 vets who are still waiting to see a doc, they would disagree #factoflife

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      5. GermaLo‏ @germaine7676 25 Jan 2017
        Replying to @Russell36630045 @USATODAY

        Then why doesn't he wait?

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      6. Russell Brown‏ @Russell36630045 25 Jan 2017
        Replying to @germaine7676 @USATODAY

        train the people you have right, then you can hire new employees and they will be tought correctly

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. Russell Brown‏ @Russell36630045 25 Jan 2017
        Replying to @Russell36630045 @USATODAY

        do the hiring before and you're just training more people incorrectly, increasing the problem not fixing it

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      8. GermaLo‏ @germaine7676 25 Jan 2017
        Replying to @Russell36630045 @USATODAY

        fix how? What problem is there?

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      9. Russell Brown‏ @Russell36630045 25 Jan 2017
        Replying to @germaine7676 @USATODAY

        problem being 363 vets died last year while on a waiting list just to be seen, 1242 vets died while waiting for med

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