Tuesday, November 29, 2011

(November 20, 2011 - Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images North America)
 
Obama Signs Legislation For Tax Credits To Put Veterans Back To Work
In This Photo: Michelle Obama, Barack Obama
U.S. first lady Michelle Obama (R) delivers remarks before President Barack Obama signs legislation into law that will provide business tax credits to help put veterans back to work during a ceremony at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building November 21, 2011 in Washington, DC. The first element of the president's jobs package, the bill passed the House 422-0, six days after the Senate passed it 95-0. The jobless rate for veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars is 12.1 percent, White House officials said, compared with 9 percent for the population at large. The law would give businesses a tax credit of as much as $9,000 if they hired a disabled veteran who had been out of work for more than six months, a $5,600 credit for hiring any veteran unemployed for at least six months and $2,400 for hiring a veteran out of work for at least a month. (November 20, 2011 - Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images North America)

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