In Excelsis Deo (West Wing, NBC – 1999)
… a haunted Toby (Richard Schiff) learns more about a forgotten Korean War hero who died alone on the district’s cold streets wearing a coat that Toby once donated to charity.
President Bartlett: “Toby, if we start pulling strings like this, you don’t think every homeless veteran will come out of the woodwork?”
Toby Ziegler: “We can only hope, sir”.
On any given night in 2013, 57,849 veterans were homeless.
The Coming Food Stamp Cut Will Hit 900,000 Veterans
The unemployment rate for recent veterans remains incredibly high – around 10 percent
The Republican “leadership” in the House of Representatives left town last week after declining to extend unemployment benefits to 1.3 million Americans.
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