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**FILE** In this Nov. 13, 2008 file photo, Robert Barber, second from left, a Vietnam Veteran from Bronx, N.Y., talks with a recruiter at the New York State Labor Department job fair for veterans in New York. The government said Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008, new claims for unemployment benefits jumped last week to a 16-year high, providing more evidence of a rapidly weakening labor market. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)