106631 external_news 1328529752 1475893523 "Veterans that are being brought home, their unemployment rate is 17.3%," said Thomas "Danny" Boston, Professor in the School of Economics. Boston, speaking about President Obama's announcement of the "Veterans Jobs Corps" program, continues, "And if you look at it last year, [the veterans unemployment rate] was 13%, so the unemployment rate has actually increased. So there is really an urgent need to address those veterans, particularly with respect to jobs." Source: CNN - February 3, 2012

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