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Steve Buyer: “While actual numbers are difficult to assess, it is estimated that each night, more than a hundred thousand of our…”

On the recordJune 2, 2009
While actual numbers are difficult to assess, it is estimated that each night, more than a hundred thousand of our Nation's veterans find themselves sleeping in doorways, beneath viaducts, in their cars, tents, or wherever they can find shelter.
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Steve Buyer
Indiana

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Buyer highlights the homelessness crisis among veterans in the U.S.

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