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Jon Tester: Iraq and Afghanistan vets are coming back, and their unemployment rate is about 12.5 percent, which is higher than the…

On the recordApril 20, 2010
Iraq and Afghanistan vets are coming back, and their unemployment rate is about 12.5 percent, which is higher than the national average.
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Jon Tester
Democratic · Montana

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Tester highlights the high unemployment rate among returning veterans.

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