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The Small Business Administration (SBA) has launched the new Patriot Express Pilot Loan as the latest extension to the financial, procurement, and technical assistance programs the agency provides to the military community. Patriot Express is a streamlined loan product based on SBA's SBA Express Program with the addition of enhanced guarantee and interest rate characteristics.
"With military activations and extensions having a profound impact on entrepreneurs in the military community, SBA is committed to helping America's service men and women during the continuing War on Terror," SBA administrator Steven Preston stated. "We believe that Patriot Express, supported by SBA's other services, goes directly to the needs of these American Patriots who wish to start businesses and, in the process, encourages job creation and growth, an essential part of the President's economic agenda."
"SBA thanks the Presidential Task Force on Returning Global War on Terror Heroes for its guidance and hard work and Veterans Affairs secretary Jim Nicholson for his devoted leadership," Preston added.
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