The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) reports that the federal government hired the highest percentage of veterans in more than 20 years during the past fiscal year. According to preliminary figures released by the OPM, veterans represented 28.5 percent of total federal hires in fiscal 2011. Meanwhile, Labor Department statistics from early December show the unemployment rate for veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars stands "stands at 11.1 percent. For more information, see this Military.com article.
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