That is already the law, but many human resources people in the federal government want to hire who they want to hire (affirmative action, homosexuals, foreigners, transgenders, etc.) so they just ignore the law.
problem with it is that many in HR never served and would rather have a college gimp like themselves working at the company
As I understand it, this measure is for reservists, not veterans. I agree this is a brilliant idea, as most of the reserves I have met are solid, conservative people. Seeing how the government seems to be infested now with far left liberals/progressive, it would be great to see some good people in the government.