I would hope that one of the mistakes that we deeply regret is telling the Filipinos who served with us in World War II that they would be treated like veterans at the end of their service, and then rescinding that promise after the war, would be something we would regret, and if so, we would want to fix.
Speier emphasizes the government's broken promise to Filipino veterans after WWII.
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