12/21/2011
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"I will not allow VA health care to be turned into a voucher system, subject to the whims of the insurance market."
"We are putting veterans back to work rebuilding and protecting America."
"We don't expect handouts as Americans, but we do expect hard work to pay off."
"I hope that over the next several days, next several weeks, and next several months, we all reflect on how we can do something about some of the senseless violence that ends up marring this country."