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On the recordMarch 1, 2016
The reason I feel so strongly about this is last year during our award ceremony, I had to give out seven American flags to family members who lost loved ones in forest fires.
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Tom Vilsack
Democratic · Iowa

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Vilsack highlights the tragic consequences of inadequate forest fire management.

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