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Obama to promote ways for veterans to find work

President Barack Obama is promoting new ways to help veterans find jobs in a tough economy while pressing Congress to approve tax credits for businesses to hire former members of the military.

By Ken Thomas | Updated on November 07, 2011
President Barack Obama is applauded as enters prior to speaking about the economy and the Administration’s work to prepare the nation’s veterans for the workforce, Friday, Aug. 5, 2011, at the Washington Navy Yard, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is promoting new ways to help veterans find jobs in a tough economy while pressing Congress to approve tax credits for businesses to hire former members of the military.

Just ahead of Veterans’ Day, Obama plans to meet Monday with leading veterans’ groups, then discuss steps his administration is taking to help veterans who have struggled to find work. The president was to speak from the White House Rose Garden Monday at noon.

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