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Veterans / Dedria Bryfonski, book editor.

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Farmington Hills, MI : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, c2015.

United States. Department of Veterans Affairs -- Juvenile literature.

Veterans -- United States -- Juvenile literature.

Veterans -- Services for -- United States -- Juvenile literature.

Veterans -- United States -- Social conditions -- Juvenile literature.

9780737772982 (hbk.)

0737772980 (hbk.)

9780737772999 (pbk.)

0737772999 (pbk.)

Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)

240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Is unemployment among veterans a serious issue? Most veterans transition successfully into civilian jobs / G.I. Jobs ; Undervalued and underemployed / Andrew Tilghman ; Veterans receive preference in hiring for federal jobs / Barbara A. Adams ; The Federal government does not hire enough veterans / Kent A. Eiler ; A job corps is needed to put veterans back to work / Bill Nelson ; Metrics are needed to determine if existing jobs programs for veterans are working / Tom Coburn ; More employers are finding that veterans make good employees / Carl M. Cannon -- How can suicide among veterans be prevented? The Department of Veteran Affairs is making progress in suicide prevention / Cheryl Pellerin ; A veteran's death, the nation's shame / Nicholas D. Kristof ; Military and veteran suicides rise despite aggressive prevention efforts / David Wood ; Multiple deployments contribute to suicide among veterans / Ed Pilkington ; Addressing substance abuse issues will reduce veteran suicide rates / Dave Larsen ; Black women key to easing military suicides? / Stephanie Czekalinski ; Big idea : help stressed vets with Sim Coaches / Adam Piore -- Does the Department of Veterans Affairs effectively help veterans? VA is broken : death, medical mistreatment, claims backlogs and neglect at Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics / Jamie Reno ; Veterans are satisfied with VA hospitals / Robert Petzel ; Hospital delays are killing America's war veterans / Scott Bronstein, Nelli Black, and Drew Griffin ; Vet determined to share "good news" about VA hospital / E.J. Montini ; The VA covered up long waits for hospital admittance / David Zucchino, Cindy Carcamo, and Alan Zarembo ; The VA is investigating allegations of a cover-up / Eric K. Shinseki -- How effective are the government's education programs for veterans? More veterans taking advantage of post-9/11 GI Bill / Lauren Kirkwood ; Poor administration of the post-9/11 GI Bill leaves veterans strapped for cash / Tyler Bradley ; Residency requirements leave veterans in some states with high tuition bills / Peter Galuszka ; Many veterans prefer to attend for-profit and community colleges / Michael Sewall ; For-profit colleges are taking advantage of veterans / Adam Weinstein.

This collection of pro and con articles on issues related to veterans examines whether unemployment among veterans is a serious issue, how suicide among veterans can be prevented, the extent to which the Department of Veterans Affairs effectively helps veterans, and whether the government's education programs for veterans are effective.

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