WH in Major Push for Vets’ Employment

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WH in Major Push for Vets’ Employment
November 10, 2009
Military.com|by Bryant Jordan

The White House yesterday announced an ambitious hire-a-vet campaign that calls on the federal government to boost job opportunities for former servicemembers.

President Barack Obama signed an executive order Nov. 9 titled "The Veterans Employment Initiative" which is intended to transform federal government into a model of veterans’ employment.

"Honoring our sacred trust with America’s veterans means doing all we can to help them find work when they come home so they never feel as if the American Dream they fought to defend is out of reach for them and their families," Obama said in a press statement.

But Obama said the initiative is also about filling the federal job ranks with people who have the "skills, dedication, and sense of duty that Americans deserve from their public servants."

The order calls for the formation of an advisory council to make sure the 24 federal agencies tabbed in the initiative do all they can to open doors to vets.


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