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Thursday, May 20, 2010

Senators aim to help troubled, jobless vets

Senators aim to help troubled, jobless vets

By Kelly Kennedy - Staff writer
Posted : Thursday May 20, 2010 15:35:24 EDT

As the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee reviewd various legislative proposals to help veterans Wednesday, they focused on two issues:

• Why can’t veterans get jobs?

• Why can’t they access the benefits they need to make them healthy, educate them for the future, and, ultimately, keep them off the streets?

Lawmakers and veterans service organization representatives laid the blame on bureaucracy.

At the White House Office of Management and Budget, veterans make up only 1 percent of the work force, said Rick Weidman, executive director for policy and government affairs for the Vietnam Veterans of America, and he said none of those veterans has disabilities.
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Senators aim to help troubled, jobless vets

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