President Barack Obama has saluted the nation’s veterans, saying they have borne an “extraordinary burden” with two wars, multiple deployments and thousands of military deaths since the terror attacks of September 11, 2001. President Obama spoke Tuesday in Minneapolis at the national convention of the American Legion, a veterans’ group. The president said troops quickly […]
Obama Pushes for Companies to Hire Military Veterans
Posted August 5th, 2011 at 12:00 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama is calling on private companies in the United States to put the country’s unemployed military veterans back to work. Mr. Obama Friday unveiled a series of initiatives designed to encourage private employers to hire veterans. He told military personnel and veterans at the Washington Navy Yard “you fought for us and […]
