I told the gentleman during the negotiations with the conference committee I would make sure that this issue was brought before the conference and a thorough discussion would take place and see if there is something that we can do that would be helpful to the families of those soldiers at Fort Hood.
Discussing support for families of soldiers at Fort Hood during negotiations.
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