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On the recordApril 22, 2009
they were promised medical treatment for life when they enlisted and that promise has been broken.
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Ann Kirkpatrick
Democratic · Arizona

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Kirkpatrick emphasizes the broken promise of lifelong medical treatment for veterans.

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