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Tim Walz: I looked at the first budget that I showed up on in 2009, it was 93.5 billion and about 250,000 employees...

On the recordDecember 6, 2017
I looked at the first budget that I showed up on in 2009, it was 93.5 billion and about 250,000 employees...
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Tim Walz
Democratic · Minnesota

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Walz reflects on the growth of the VA budget and staffing over the years.

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