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At Northrop, first come wounded vets, then jobs

James Bernstein

Newsday columnist James Bernstein

James Bernstein is a longtime business writer for Newsday.

Talk about postwar job creation . . .

While on patrol with his Army unit in Afghanistan, Jonathan Clay was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade, leaving him with serious head injuries and a broken back.

Deborah DeCicco served in Iraq during the first Persian Gulf war, breathing in the toxic fumes from oil wells Iraqi troops set on fire. DeCicco later developed breast cancer, which she said...

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