President Obama has nominated Walmart Foundation president Sylvia Matthews Burwell to be his new director of the Office of Management and Budget. The choice seems unlikely on its face, and a look into the details of her current job directing "targeted giving campaigns" makes it seem even odder.
Walmart is making a bold promise to hire every veteran who wants to work there. The world's largest retailer and the nation's largest private employer says it projects it will hire more than 100,000 veterans in the next five years.
Mike Rowe, host of TLC's Dirty Jobs, knows a lot about tough jobs, but the toughest one he's tackling is helping America's veterans find employment. Rowe notes that joblessness for returning servicepeople is over 18%, adding "It's a scandal."