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On the recordJanuary 13, 2009
Would you be able to assist in any way in your capacity, should you be confirmed, in seeing whether or not we can get that hospital in Joliet turned into a veterans hospital?
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Roland Burris
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Asking for assistance in converting a hospital for veterans' use.

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