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Tuesday, January 03, 2012
Homeless Veterans
A joint venture between Housing and Urban Development and VA has cut homeless among veterans. The number of homeless vets fell 12 percent last year. The administration has announced a goal of eradicating veteran homelessness by 2015. But the program, called HUD-VASH, is facing a flat budget for 2012. Mark Johnson is HUD's deputy assistant secretary for persons with special needs. He says the easy cases have been taken care of. The tougher cases are more expensive. Plus, HUD VASH will have to deal with large numbers of soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
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President Bush stated to those going to fight in Iraq "we'll make sure your job will be waiting for you when you return".Unless any given soldier worked for the government he could not stand behind that statement.
the problem with the service is it ill prepares many except a few elite to function in the private sector much like gov. employees and union workers
once they are off the tit they are at a loss how to compete and cope with everyday responsibility and taking advantage of an education offered them
past generations saw greater horrors and carnage than these recent warriors and managed to take advantage of opportunities and cope and buck up and carry on
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