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Linda McMahon: “We have 7 million jobs available in this country that we…”

Featuring: Linda McMahon, Republican | Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education | National

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Secretary of Education Linda McMahon interviewed by Washington Examiner News Editor Marisa Schultz

Published | Video Starts at 39:48

And I think as we are and all of our technology, it's just just growing at such a rapid pace. So technical schools, vocational schools, trade schools, the CTE workforce has really got to be encouraged because We have 7 million jobs available in this country that we don't have the skills available to take those jobs. So if we can look even at middle school, high school, working with our vocational schools, our technical schools to have dual credits, a child can graduate from high school. (39:48–39:57)

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Asserts that there are 7 million unfilled jobs in the U.S. due to a lack of skilled workers.

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