By Jennifer Steinhauer — 2020
Like most Americans, veterans have benefited from a robust labor market. But skills learned in combat do not always translate to private-sector jobs.
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February 18, 2009 in Eugene OR. This was the 2008-09 Tzedek Lecture.
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