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On the recordMarch 12, 2013
I am asking the same questions many fellow Gulf War veterans have; namely, how is this unique set of veterans being treated by the VA?
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Mike Coffman
Republican · Colorado

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Coffman questions the treatment of Gulf War veterans by the VA.

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