Obama's push to hire veterans into federal jobs fuels resentment

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Those who did not serve in the military bristle at times at the preferential hiring of veterans and accuse them of a blind deference to authority.

http://www.stripes.com/news/veterans/obama-s-push-to-hire-veterans-into-federal-jobs-fuels-resentment-1.303119

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In her first week on the job as a management analyst in HUD’s human resources office, Gwen Colvin, a former master sergeant in the Air Force, started to move the boxes she had brought with her so she could unpack them and hang her military commendations and other memorabilia on her office wall. Her colleagues told her to wait for the maintenance staff to do those things because that was the protocol.

What are the odds it's a union requirement?