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Kathy Hochul: “The unemployment rate for returning veterans from Iraq and…”

Featuring: Kathy Hochul, Democratic | Governor of New York

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Governor Hochul Highlights Affordability Initiatives to Support NY's Veterans and Their Families

Published | Video Starts at 03:59

Are you? This is what they worrying about tens of thousands of miles away from home. They're worried about when they come back home, will there be a job? Because The unemployment rate for returning veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan at this time in our history was about 20%. We had veterans who, who had served over there or had served in the Gulf War or had served in Vietnam, sleeping under bridges in our city streets and sleeping in boxes because they were homeless and they couldn't afford life when they returned home. (03:59–04:06)

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