I want to thank President Barack Obama and this administration for allowing that because too many times we read, and we know here, everybody remembers Specialist Nunez who, when he took his wife back to Mexico, although he had orders for deployment, to come back, his wife was not allowed to return to the United States.
Dick Durbin: “I want to thank President Barack Obama and this administration for allowing that because too many times we read, and we…”
On the recordMay 18, 2014
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Acknowledgment of President Obama's actions benefiting military families.
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