Rebecca Burgess: Economic opportunity push could help VA’s transition assistance efforts

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Rebecca Burgess: Economic opportunity push could help VA’s transition assistance efforts

From the American Enterprise Institute, Rebecca Burgess said why she thinks the VA should pay more attention to economic opportunity.

April 16, 2018 10:05 am

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The nation, largely through the Veterans Affairs Department, tries to care for those who were willing to fight the battles. One part of the VA is concerned with health care, another with a range of benefits and a third with final burial. Rebecca Burgess, program manager in Citizenship at the American Enterprise Institute, argued there is a missing piece and joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to talk about it.