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  • President Obama speaks June 1, 2012, at Honeywell Automation and Control Solutions Global Headquarters in Golden Valley, Minn., about jobs for veterans. (Associated Press)

    Jobs report steps on Obama's vet message

    Under a withering round of Republican attacks over a disappointing employment report, President Obama headed to Minneapolis Friday where he unveiled a new initiative aimed at helping returning veterans land jobs in the private sector and planned to attend fundraisers in Minneapolis and Chicago that afternoon and evening.


  • In this Dec. 23, 2007 file photo, U.S. army soldiers from Blackfoot Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, run to take defensive positions during a firefight on the outskirts of Muqdadiyah, in the volatile Diyala province, about 90 kilometers (60 miles) north of Baghdad. In the beginning, it all looked simple: topple Saddam Hussein, destroy his purported weapons of mass destruction and lay the foundation for a pro-Western government in the heart of the Arab world. Nearly 4,500 American and more than 100,000 Iraqi lives later, the objective now is simply to get out _ and leave behind a country where democracy has at least a chance, where Iran does not dominate and where conditions may not be good but "good enough." (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic, File)

    EDITORIAL: Obama's shovel-ready veterans

    Good news for veterans. If you have honorably served your country and are looking for work, drop your rifle and grab a shovel. President Obama has a job for you.


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