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(Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2026/09/04/unexpected-hiring-surge-drives-down-unemployment-rate-for-post-911-veterans/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-04T17:45:47.653Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Military Times</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-09-04T17:45:47.653Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Unexpected hiring surge drives down unemployment rate for post-9/11 veterans]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://archetype-military-times-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/VtLtAxWFfn0FqqOmzA_TnY558Wc=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/XP4G46WC7NDEJHQ73I2WTVXF2Q.jpg</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Veterans wait in line at a federal career fair in Washington, January 2012. 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