* By Jonathan D. Salant and Viola Gienger BusinessWeek *
April 17 (Bloomberg) — Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki said Congress should consider an economic stimulus measure that would create jobs for those leaving the military.
“That would be helpful,” Shinseki said in an interview on Bloomberg Television’s “Conversations with Judy Woodruff,” airing this weekend. Legislation that would reduce unemployment among veterans would add to other initiatives the Department of Veterans Affairs is taking, he said.
Shinseki, 67, said he’s part of an administration task force chaired by Labor Secretary Hilda Solis that is seeking ways to hire more veterans for federal jobs. The department also used some of its $1 billion in stimulus funds from last year to encourage more veteran-owned small businesses to compete for federal agency contracts, Shinseki said.
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