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Ed Markey: I never would have envisioned that 670,000 of them would now be declared officially disabled.

On the recordDecember 8, 2014
I never would have envisioned that 670,000 of them would now be declared officially disabled.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey highlights the unexpected number of disabled veterans from the conflicts.

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