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Patty Murray: “The high rate of unemployment for recently separated veterans is an issue that at first glance defies common sense.”

On the recordApril 12, 2011
The high rate of unemployment for recently separated veterans is an issue that at first glance defies common sense.
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Patty Murray
Democratic · Washington

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Murray highlights the troubling unemployment rates among young veterans.

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