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Debbie Dingell: “Must we always learn the hard way? Why do the women and men who serve their communities and their country have to pay…”

On the recordJuly 27, 2015
Must we always learn the hard way? Why do the women and men who serve their communities and their country have to pay for it with their lives? I think there is a better way.
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Debbie Dingell
Democratic · Michigan

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Dingell questions the sacrifices made by public servants and advocates for better solutions.

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