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Debbie Wasserman Schultz: “Words are nice, but when you go, like each of us have, to Walter Reed Army Medical Center and you look those troops in…”

On the recordMarch 26, 2007
Words are nice, but when you go, like each of us have, to Walter Reed Army Medical Center and you look those troops in the eye and you have a chance to spend some time with them, the words ring really hollow unless you know you can back those words up with some action, with some commitment, with some belief in the mission and understand how devoted these men and women are to getting the job done. I mean, listen to some of the folks that are in that hospital, they all, to a person, have told me when I have been there, they want to go back. They want to get better, and they want to go back to join their comrades, their buddies, and help finish the job, but we have to make sure that we have their back.
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Democratic · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the commitment to support injured troops at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

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