In The Long Wait For Aid From Washington, Job Hunters Despair

By Tovia Smith

Published January 17, 2014 at 4:00 PM EST

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Tovia Smith is an award-winning NPR National Correspondent based in Boston, who's spent more than three decades covering news around New England and beyond.

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