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Arizona Republic: As Economy Improves, Veteran Jobless Rates Improve Dramatically

Several years ago, toward the end of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, veterans around the country had a hard time finding work.

The jobless rate for veterans was high, and there were efforts from Washington to reverse that. But today, as the economy has improved, so have those jobless rates for our nation’s veterans.

For more on this, The Show was joined by Russ Wiles, who wrote about this recently for The Arizona Republic.

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