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ash。 to express our appreciationto all who served so that we might live free. but ourgratitude should extend beyond what our veteranshave done for us in the past. it should remind us ofour responsibilities to serve them as well as theyhave served us. it should pel us to keep ourveterans central to the ongoing work of this nation. in recent years, weamp。39。ve made historic investments toboost the va budget, expand veteransamp。39。 benefits,and improve care for our wounded warriors. weamp。39。ve now slashed the disability claims backlog bynearly 90 percent from its peak. weamp。39。re reducing the outrage of veteransamp。39。 homelessness andweamp。39。ve helped tens of thousands of veterans get off the streets. the veteransamp。39。 unemploymentrate is down to percent amp。ndash。 even lower than the national average. of course, weamp。39。re not satisfied. weamp。39。ve still got more work to do amp。ndash。 and iamp。39。ve directed myadministration to keep doing everything it can to fulfill our promise to our veterans. but thisisnamp。39。t just a job for government alone. we all have a role to play. less than one percent ofamericans are serving in uniform. so itamp。39。s true most americans donamp。39。t always see andappreciate the incredible skills and assets that our veterans can offer. but every americanshould know that our veterans are some of the most talented, capable people in the amp。39。ve mastered skills and technologies and leadership roles that are impossible to teach offthe battlefield. they know how to get stuff done. and as our veterans will tell you themselves, theyamp。39。re not finished serving their country. theyamp。39。reteachers and doctors, engineers and entrepreneurs, social workers and munity serve in statehouses across the country and in congress. as i tell small business ownersand ceos on a regular basis, if you want to get the job done, hire a vet. every sector, everyindustry, every munity in this country can benefit from the incredible talents of ourveterans. our troops and veterans give us their very best. thatamp。39。s what a soldier named captain florentgroberg proved. three years ago, on patrol in afghanistan,