"Our service members and their families are always on our mind, even as the President and I are working on other issues that all American families are deeply concerned about: accelerating our recovery, growing our economy, strengthening our middle class, and getting our friends and neighbors back to work.  In recent months, we've seen encouraging signs on that front... Still, Friday's jobs report was a sobering reminder of that. While we saw another month of job growth in November, it just wasn't enough."  Vice President Joe Biden, December 4, 2010.