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Mike Michaud: “I realize that you have that many employees, but when you said that 'we discussed the report,' I am sure you didn't…”

On the recordSeptember 16, 2014
I realize that you have that many employees, but when you said that 'we discussed the report,' I am sure you didn't discuss that report with the 300,000 employees, so I was just trying to narrow down the 'we' that you were talking about.
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Mike Michaud
Democratic · Maine

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Michaud questions the accountability of the VHA staff regarding the report.

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