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On the recordJune 2, 2009
It is unacceptable for America's most remote rural veterans living in roadless Bush Alaska to be forgotten by the VA and the ORH whose mission is to ensure highly rural veterans have adequate access to quality health care resources, especially with such an historic appropriation.
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

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Murkowski criticizes the lack of funding for rural veterans in Alaska.

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