Richard Nixon: “The level of unemployment among veterans who have served their country…”

On the recordJune 28, 1971

The level of unemployment among veterans who have served their country so well and so bravely is unconscionable.

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Republican · California

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Veto of the Accelerated Public Works Bill

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Richard Nixon: “The level of unemployment among veterans who have served their country so well and so bravely is unconscionable.”