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MICHAEL GRIMM: “Today, over 2 million Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans have returned home to the challenge of an unemployment rate hovering…”

On the recordJuly 24, 2011
Today, over 2 million Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans have returned home to the challenge of an unemployment rate hovering near 10 percent.
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MICHAEL GRIMM
New York

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Grimm highlights the unemployment challenges faced by veterans.

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