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I can see a reason you wouldn’t.

Edit: “can’t” see a reason...

Oh I’m sorry - you’d said ‘I can see a reason you wouldn’t’ and I thought you were implying something that I didn’t catch on to. Ok thank you!

Additionally, with this type of government job, even though you’ve ‘accepted’ the offer, you can turn it down once you’re through processing. They don’t expect that you keep living your life and drop everything after they take years to get you the go ahead.

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