CHRIS CARROLL: Stars and Stripes: Hire veterans, Panetta urges business execs

Hire veterans, Panetta urges business execs

By CHRIS CARROLL

Published: November 8, 2011

WASHINGTON – U.S. troops have sacrificed for their country, and now it’s time for the country to give a little back as troops leave the military – not handouts, but job opportunities, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Monday at a forum with business executives.

Panetta met in New York with CEOs of major corporations including Goldman Sachs and Bank of America, as well as nonprofit and civic leaders.

Several factors are converging to put the squeeze on veterans, he said. The military is set to shrink in the face of wars that are ending and a looming Pentagon budget crunch. Meanwhile, a depressed civilian job market means 11 percent of returning veterans can’t find jobs, Panetta said. And twice that percentage of vets younger than 24 are unemployed.

But veterans deserve more, he said… http://www.stripes.com/blogs/stripes-central/stripes-central-1.8040/hire-veterans-panetta-urges-business-execs-1.160103?utm_source=Stars+and+Stripes+Emails&utm_campaign=d8076d48f9-Daily+Headlines&utm_medium=email

CHRIS CARROLL: Stars and Stripes: Hire veterans, Panetta urges business execs

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