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Eleanor Holmes Norton: I also can't bear the way in which our veterans have been made poster children by my Republican friends.

On the recordOctober 15, 2013
I also can't bear the way in which our veterans have been made poster children by my Republican friends.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton criticizes Republicans for using veterans as political tools during the shutdown.

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