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Hakeem Basheerud-Deen: A governmentwide push to hire more veterans pays off

In late 2009, President Barack Obama ordered agencies to hire more veterans. They have. Veterans used to be confined mostly to the departments of Defense and Ve...

Francis Rose

August 18, 2015 6:32 pm

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In late 2009, President Barack Obama ordered agencies to hire more veterans. They have. Veterans used to be confined mostly to the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs. But the Office of Personnel Management says one out of every three new employees in fiscal 2014 was a veteran. OPM Director of Veterans Services Hakeem Basheerud-Deen tells Federal News Radio’s Emily Kopp how the whole government has stepped up to the challenge. Read Emily's related article.