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Tim Kaine: “When you fire 350,000 people, I think you have fired more…”

Featuring: Tim Kaine, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Virginia

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Published | Video Starts at 05:12

Do you know what percentage are veterans? Senator, we have ensured that all of the veteran preferences are stuck to 30% of the federal workforce is veterans. So When you fire 350,000 people, I think you have fired more veterans than in any administration in the history of the United States. I yield back. (05:12–05:20)

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Asserts that firing 350,000 people resulted in more veterans being fired than any previous administration.

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