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On the recordFebruary 19, 2025
Once you enlist in the military, they know you’re going to have that job for four years or six years, and then they can just garner your salary.
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Tammy Duckworth
Democratic · Illinois

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Duckworth explains how military service members are targeted for financial exploitation.

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