U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ricardo Hamer, right, and his coworker U.S. Army civilian Rekisha White, second from right, talks with Washington, D.C. Area Chapter Director Karen Francis with Blue Star Families, a nonprofit that supports, connects, and empowers military families, at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Hiring Our Heroes hiring fair at Nationals Park in Washington on Dec. 5, 2012. While Hamer and White were at the fair to get information on joining the job hirers next time for the Army Core of Engineers, Hamer was also there to look for employment ideas for his wife. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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