WASHINGTON Veterans Affairs officials said they are on pace to fill all 45,000 spots in the new Veterans Retraining Assistance Program in the coming weeks. The program is available to veterans aged 35 to 60 who need new or updated work skills to find employment. It offers a $1,473 living stipend starting July 1 to participants enrolled in college or technical school classes, as a way to help them make ends meet while they are retrained. The initiative was a key piece of the veterans employment legislation passed last year, one of the few bipartisan measures to come out of the highly partisan Congress.
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