American Legion ‘just not satisfied’ with numbers of veterans hired by Uncle Sam

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The federal government hired more than 72,000 veterans in fiscal 2010, an increase of about 2,000 from the year before, according to the Office of Personnel Management.

But veterans’ representatives are not happy.

“Through the President’s Veterans Employment Initiative, OPM and our agency partners are helping tens of thousands of veterans and their families continue their legacy of service,” OPM Director John Berry said in a statement Wednesday as he released an annual report on the Employment of Veterans in the Federal Executive Branch.

“These are some of the best, brightest and hardest-working Americans in the federal government. While we’ve accomplished a lot in the first year, too many veterans are still unemployed and we’re going to keep pushing to do even better going forward.”

Full: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/american-legion-just-not-satisfied-with-numbers-of-veterans-hired-by-uncle-sam/2011/06/16/AGpuOyXH_story.html

[Philippine expat]

1. Just my opinion

but being a vet should be a requirement for any govt job