Unemployment among veterans highest in five years

February 9, 2011 in Homepage, Neighborhood Announcements, Recent News, UCubed Announcements by Kiley Hernandez

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by Joan McCarter

Wed Feb 09, 2011 at 07:00:03 AM PST

Those patriotic House Republicans have yet to introduce a serious jobs bill (they’ve been way too busy fighting the culture war and figuring out how to punish women). Maybe they should take a bit of time out from trying to invent legislative chastity belts and spend a little time fixing this.

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