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60,000 veterans were added to the unemployment rolls in June. That brought the total number of America’s out-of-work veterans to over 1 million – a staggering figure.

A comprehensive veterans’ employment bill sponsored by the chairman of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee won some key endorsements Friday — but a vocal opponent also surfaced.

The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. will testify before the House Committee on Veterans Affairs tomorrow morning to discuss long-overdue legislation to help veterans find jobs.

Loyalty. Discipline. Respect. Leadership. Those are values that any employer would like to see in new employees - and those are the values that make veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan our country's next Greatest Generation.

The Veteran Opportunity to Work Act of 2011 (H.R. 2433) was introduced July 7, 2011 by Rep. Jeff Miller, Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, to help curb rising veteran unemployment.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a 13.3 percent OEF/OIF-era veteran unemployment rate for the month of June, up over a full percentage point from 12.1 percent in May.

Although the national unemployment rate continues to decrease slightly, the unemployment number for veterans keeps climbing.

Congressman A $3 billion veterans’ employment bill was unveiled Thursday that is aimed at helping both new veterans and older veterans find jobs in a tough economy.

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 7, 2011 - Today, Rep. Jeff Miller, Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, introduced complementary legislation to the Veteran Opportunity to Work (VOW) Act of 2011 (H.R. 2433) to help curb rising veteran unemployment.

Rep. Jeff Miller writes on NRO: America’s veterans must have the education and skills to find employment as they return home.  In the film Larry Crowne, a 50-something Navy veteran is laid off from his job at a megastore because he can’t compete against college-educated workers.