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On the recordJune 11, 2013
Our country has long been grateful for their service, their sacrifice, and we passed legislation to honor those veterans providing burial rites and compensation.
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Brian Schatz
Democratic · Hawaii

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Schatz highlights the U.S. gratitude towards veterans, including Hmong and Filipino soldiers.

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