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Tri States Public Radio Staff
Economy
3:00 am
Thu January 26, 2012
Job Fairs Help Iraq, Afghan War Veterans
By Brandon Hollingsworth
The unemployment rate dropped to 8.5 percent last month. But veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars still find it difficult to get hired. The unemployment rate for them is above 13 percent. For the past year, business leaders have held a series of job fairs across the country to try to help former service members land work.