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HOUSTON, TX – More than 800 former veterans and their families filled Minute Maid Park at the Hiring Our Heroes event in hopes of landing their next job. Job fairs catering to our country’s veterans have become more frequent recently, and for good reason.

The men and women who risked their lives to fight for us, shouldn’t have to be fighting for a job too.