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JOSEPH A. HALL: “I do not intend by this legislation nor do those who support it to mean, is to minimize or cast aspersions somehow on…”

On the recordApril 22, 2009
I do not intend by this legislation nor do those who support it to mean, is to minimize or cast aspersions somehow on the value and the bravery of those who have fought in direct combat.
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JOSEPH A. HALL
Maine

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Clarifying that the legislation does not undermine combat veterans' sacrifices.

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