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twitterIn Advance of Tonight's Presidential Address, IAVA Launches New Housing and Unemployment Reports
Posted by Michelle McCarthy on February 24
2009
Today, in advance of President Obama's first address before Congress on the state of the nation, IAVA launched two new reports illustrating the immense challenges Iraq and Afghanistan veterans are facing in the current economic environment.
Careers After Combat: Employment and Education Challenges for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans outlines the alarmingly high rates of unemployment among new veterans and the struggles of National Guardsmen and Reservists to keep their businesses afloat. Coming Home: The Housing Crisis and Homelessness Threaten New Veterans describes in detail how the mortgage and foreclosure crisis is affecting Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, and provides suggestions for stemming the flood of
- To download Careers After Combat, click here.
- To download Coming Home, click here.
- Click here to read the press release issued by IAVA.
- To read other IAVA Issue Reports, click here.
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