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Watch Obama Discuss the Job Numbers And "Prepare The Nation's Veterans For The Workforce"

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Watch the live webcast below to hear as "President Obama Speaks on the Administration’s Work to Prepare Our Nation’s Veterans for the Workforce" and discuss today's jobs number in general. Beginning shortly post the fashionably late arrival. As for why a nation's veterans should be preparing for the workforce, well, we leave that one to others smarter than us.

 

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Fri, 08/05/2011 - 11:39 | 1527049 Gert_B_Frobe
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"Service Guarantees Citizenship!" WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW MORE?

Fri, 08/05/2011 - 11:43 | 1527068 The Gooch
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It's pretty great to see his re-election campaign ad @ the top of this thread. Idiot's rule.

Fri, 08/05/2011 - 11:40 | 1527069 DosZap
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As for why a nation's veterans should be preparing for the workforce, well, we leave that one to others smarter than us.

 

No brainer, they will be put into the NEW HOMELAND SECURITY FORCES......................

Brown Shirts will be issued. Please stand by.

Fri, 08/05/2011 - 11:43 | 1527070 Nascent_Variable
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First, the inflated job numbers that are still nowhere near what is needed for a proper recovery, and now a hollow, crowd-pleasing program that does absolutely nothing to address the core problems.

Is there anyone out there still buying Obama's bullshit?

Fri, 08/05/2011 - 11:46 | 1527080 WhOracle
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S/P was until today 5pm :p

Fri, 08/05/2011 - 11:46 | 1527084 karzai_luver
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Obama buys YOU, citizen, do you wish to meet a vet up close and personal like?

 

 

Fri, 08/05/2011 - 11:48 | 1527088 Iriestx
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98% of the blacks and liberals.

Fri, 08/05/2011 - 11:49 | 1527087 cranky-old-geezer
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"Prepare The Nation's Veterans For The Workforce"

What workforce? McDonalds?

Fri, 08/05/2011 - 11:50 | 1527092 Fix It Again Timmy
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PTSD - means your office staff will never have another boring "office day"...

Fri, 08/05/2011 - 11:50 | 1527101 stant
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obama . blew out the candles got my bbq, tine to do my mack daddy sh---t

Fri, 08/05/2011 - 11:53 | 1527104 -Michelle-
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Well, let's reverse engineer this.

Obama is all of a sudden very concerned about veteran employment prospects.  =  Many more military members are about to become veterans looking for jobs.

Many more military members... = A large downsizing of the military and/or reduced pay and benefits and/or large drawdown of troops from current theaters.

Reduction in veterans benefits has already been proposed by DoD panel.  Existing retirees pensions would remain untouched.  All those currently serving would fall under new guidelines, though. : http://www.navytimes.com/news/2011/07/military-dod-panel-calls-for-radic...

Already there are rumblings about the planned cuts to the defense budget: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/defense-secretary-...

The military is actively cutting people as it is.  There is no longer a guarantee of retirement.  They are looking for ways to push people out the door.

http://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-npc/reference/messages/Documents/NAVAD...

UNPRECEDENTED RETENTION AND REDUCED ATTRITION RATES ACROSS THE NAVY HAVE RESULTED IN A REQUIREMENT TO REBALANCE THE FORCE. THE PURPOSE OF THIS BOARD IS TO REDUCE OVERMANNING IN RATINGS PROJECTED TO BE OVER 103% MANNED IN FY-12...

 

Fri, 08/05/2011 - 12:05 | 1527142 redarrow
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Not that I have anything against veterans, a job loss strikes everyone deeply and I feel sorry for those families who have to face it. 

 

But still, when we have young people who cannot find a job who is going to hire veterans? 

Fri, 08/05/2011 - 13:58 | 1527660 Bastiat
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Well unlike many young people, most veterans know how to show up on time and do what they're told.

Fri, 08/05/2011 - 12:09 | 1527159 DosZap
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Why doesn't he start with the 10,000 Iraqi/Afghani Vets on the streets, and living off of field mice,squirrels, and ducks?.

That's how many that are currently ON THE STREET......................

PSTD'd out.............w/no help.

Good show Mr. Pres,jolly good show, that one.

Fri, 08/05/2011 - 12:10 | 1527167 The Gooch
Fri, 08/05/2011 - 12:19 | 1527219 jomama
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sad, my cousin still hasn't found a job since may of 2010.  he did two tours in the army - infantry.  state police forces have been facing massive budget cuts, and i guess hes's going on 65 weeks of unenjoyment benes. 

Fri, 08/05/2011 - 12:30 | 1527312 mt paul
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rather watch 

colon surgery..

Fri, 08/05/2011 - 12:51 | 1527406 KickIce
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AP release:  Obama to have laser focus on jobs inbetween 8th and 9th hole of golf game.

Fri, 08/05/2011 - 12:54 | 1527422 Hook Line and S...
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Veterans can make plenty of money selling their blood for plasma, or maybe they will spill their blood for other reasons... we'll see.

Fri, 08/05/2011 - 13:25 | 1527552 kevinearick
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VA cash flow is the only string left in many towns across America. It runs out shortly.

Fri, 08/05/2011 - 13:51 | 1527639 Fix It Again Timmy
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having questionable or no skills and being associated with organized crime or the US Military [the same things, actually] is not generally good for career opportunities or advancement...

Fri, 08/05/2011 - 14:03 | 1527679 Bastiat
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What is it, 10% of the military are combatants?  What do you think the rest do?  There's a lot of high-tech equipment to maintain and operate.  Not all veterans are equal.

Fri, 08/05/2011 - 15:46 | 1528029 schizo321437
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Fri, 08/05/2011 - 16:07 | 1528097 Fix It Again Timmy
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All the high-tech equipment has been dumbed down so practically anyone with two neurons can accomplish any task, sorry that is just the nature of the military - combatants and people in logistics, getting stuff from A to B comprise a large part of today's "high-tech" military...

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