The cost of unemployment compensation for troops leaving the
military without jobs approached a billion dollars last year, though the rate
of increase slowed to just 2percent over 2010, figures from the Department of
Labor show.
A key factor behind the trend easing was that the Army, the
largest of the services, saw the benefits it pays out decline slightly from
2010 to 2011. The military spent $944 million last year in unemployment
benefits -- the largest amount since the recession of 2008....
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