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“Thank you for the question. No. And I am just going to read another article that is going to make even clearer the point that you just laid that is so strong and so important. This is from Axios. ``How White House firings are hurting veterans.'' The Trump administration's big cuts to the federal government are hitting one group particularly hard--the country's veterans. Why it matters: Many of those who've served in the military derive a sense of purpose and belonging from their government work--viewing it as a way to serve their country and help their peers outside of active duty. The big picture: It's not yet clear yet how many military vets have been fired, or will be. Last year veterans made up 28 percent of the federal workforce-- That's 28 percent-- per federal data--a far bigger share than the 5% in the private sector. About 36% of the vets working in civil service, more than 200,000 in total, are disabled or have a serious health condition, per federal data. So 36 percent of the vets working in civil service are disabled vets. ``This is the largest attack on veteran employment in our lifetime,'' says William Attig, executive director of the Union Veterans Council, a labor group that represents many of these workers. Attig, who was deployed in Iraq from 2003 to 2009, has been talking to newly unemployed members, trying to get a tally of everyone who's lost a job. Zoom in: Some veterans, still holding on to their jobs for now, are waiting for the hammer to drop.…”