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ABC News’s Bob Woodruff on his new web series following soldiers when they return from war and who are looking for jobs.
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Web series is journalists and -- -- and a trigger a summit about a.
-- the new one because there's a lot that has that has not been talked about much is more the long term careers for those veterans like come back from the worse it would construct a lot on those to come back certainly those have been injured those that need jobs dry when they -- the unemployed but also.
The question about what's gonna happen.
When so many retired out of the wars are winding down we get about a 1030000.
Like last year that retired -- -- 300000 anticipated for this year amid a predicted for this year.
So we had to try to get them on the road -- try to put together.
Don't -- -- a veteran when it comes back tied up with a mentor and some kind of companies.
Certain type of work to try to give them encouragement and information.
And all -- try to get these connections to go into this this world that they want to -- -- you know bill why it.
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A program -- trying to -- people who employ.
Veterans of the you know.
Just from a few folks I know who grabbed the experience for this very has not -- many solutions.
There's not a there's still -- applause and -- -- It's hard you know of -- -- you -- trying to figure out which companies.
-- want which kinds of veterans when they come back which ones are they really.
Inspired by what what makes them more nervous somebody wanting about the guys -- -- come back on -- But there's also -- concerns about.
That's -- S data and -- that are wanted to come back.
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Let me know what you make yet but should always says that the posttraumatic -- I think -- -- -- -- working through these -- -- because these things so law but often not only did I just don't.
Actually explain what they are Europe.
Talk of Obama orders maybe sooner -- by the way you're sound great.
We'll have to give -- some economic speak a little bit more and more excited last dollar cut interest pretty difficult the very beginning but here under the Pentagon.
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Or bad news out of test -- -- this morning.
You know indifferent the other thing until we need to do so much more -- coverage of of the war -- that would -- This things like that -- as the daylight bad and nobody really.
Knows much about what's happening and one -- the wars -- and and and Iraq is huge.
Over finish but these guys are still serving over that we're just not telling.
Enough about what they're accomplishing and what's happening to them and what's going on in the war.
And then of course the big debate -- -- billion.
What is in my mind watching -- we don't.
No that's that's that's of course filled with all sorts of questions about that in.
You can hear from various generals one way or the other.
Whether it was worse that what could that start with whether it was.
Some feel very strongly that it is -- -- wanna continue -- longer someone cut it off right now I think it's really split.
Put you know could be entries -- -- -- by the end of 2014 year old and a pull.
Out of Afghanistan.
I -- general.
It is not function what are some of the greater hurdles that it is production -- and what you've just mentioned.
Political we have is that when we -- by the membership this -- -- actually mentored together with.
-- for example destructive.
George Lucas actually participating in -- student at together with one of the one of the veterans.
They did not yum -- setting a lot of people do have the assumption that the one they're looking for work -- looking for a career.
You know 2425.
Years -- in the coming -- this for years serving.
We didn't have a lot of want to talking about their leaving aren't -- the -- for twenty years from want to.
But some groups have been dealing this kind of membership and its average something like ninety -- 33 years old.
So there is there's a lot that nobody even knows about.
It needs some kind of help on the comeback this transition could transition of the world.
The word.
To guns and don't forget all about 1% of the people services and our country's citizens are actually serve in this war to this huge wall between their life.
And our civilian life.
And that's the -- we got to connect together so that -- in many ways that's one of the big concerns how do we get us together.
Relating to each other.
-- -- -- -- -- -- impression I -- but one would think at least I would.
Have most employers.
Wanna hire veterans or does your mentioned on arm today and bar conversation disciplined.
Patriotic -- hardworking.
Yet Iraq and I certainly a lot of them I think every corporation talks about it now.
The big thing it's tried it.
Actually make it happen.
Could that it's a great wonderful thing -- -- and I really deeply believe the ones that do announced that they're gonna hire a lot of veterans I think they really do feel enough part that they want to do that.
But as you said a more confusing one that is.
How did they interview them out of -- what's what's -- resume that they're getting -- what a little worried and of the studies have gone.
That there were concerned a little bit how long they will stick around in the town where they're hired.
Because they've been wandering for so many years -- moving from base to base one town to another not used to living in one spot.
This has also been some of that said though somewhat worry a little bit about what there.
Going to be like mentally and that transition from a very different world our world.
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Could not just but when you mentioned -- that the disappointment experience -- the -- they're not the ones you have to.
You know -- -- if they're not gonna go out.
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Somebody who wants to.
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What that's the other thing we're gonna put we're putting together on abcnews.com.
We're gonna give some direction -- -- Who to contact so -- we want to show you what it's like.
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You know we just had a piece on you know less than two nights ago on columnist tonight about what a mentor and -- -- -- Do and how it would work and answers to ABC is that comedy TV connections to various.
Organizations that are doing this sort of thing.
Have bigger goal in many ways is if we can get this stuff out the word out in the war.
Companies and corporations and and -- In local -- this will help those that live in those communities to try to meant to them as well.
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If you've got common in get into the standing up for heroes section of -- known to be some.
Examples.
What's being done and and where you can contact people to try to find others that you.
