Advocates praised defense leaders for excluding shipyard workers and other key readiness jobs from a department-wide hiring freeze.
The latest survey by Wounded Warrior Project shows a higher unemployment rate for disabled veterans than their civilian peers.
About two-thirds of Veterans Affairs jobs will be excluded from a White House order blocking new hiring.
VA hires about 40,000 new workers every year to maintain operations at VA medical sites. It's unclear if that can continue under Trump's hiring halt.
