Jobless Rate At 11.2% For Veterans Of Iraq, Afghanistan

Army recruiter Staff Sgt. Roderick Brown talks to an unidentified person at a job fair in Omaha on Tuesday. The jobless rate for veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan and who are 18 and older rose 4% in the past year.

From USA Today:

WASHINGTON — The economic downturn is hitting Iraq and Afghanistan veterans harder than other workers — one in nine are now out of work — and may be encouraging some troops to remain in the service, according to Labor Department records and military officials.

The 11.2% jobless rate for veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan and who are 18 and older rose 4 percentage points in the past year. That's significantly higher than the corresponding 8.8% rate for non-veterans in the same age group, says Labor Department economist Jim Walker.

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