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Tammy Duckworth: “We are just basically dragging our--we are just waiting for them to die, which is unconscionable, because they were not…”

On the recordJune 23, 2014
We are just basically dragging our--we are just waiting for them to die, which is unconscionable, because they were not waiting for Americans to die before they came forward to help.
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Tammy Duckworth
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Duckworth criticizes the slow processing of veterans' appeals, highlighting the urgency and moral implications.

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