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Secretary Of Education Forced To Take Up Stripping To Put Nation Through School | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

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Secretary Of Education Forced To Take Up Stripping To Put Nation Through School

NOVEMBER 20, 2012 | ISSUE 48•47 | MORE NEWS
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, performing onstage as Velvet.
TAMPA, FL—Saying it was his only real option to earn much-needed cash, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan told reporters Tuesday he had been forced to start working as an erotic dancer at the local strip club Peaches in order to put the nation’s students through school.
Duncan, who has reportedly struggled for years to make ends meet and pay school bills, claimed that he was earning “great” money by dancing naked for customers and that he was now much closer to fulfilling his dream of providing a first-class education for America’s children.
“Taking off your clothes in front of strangers isn’t for everyone, but I’m confident in my body, and regardless, I need to get the money somehow,” said Duncan, who performs under the stage name Velvet. “I’m not planning on doing this forever, just until all 49.8 million kids in our public elementar