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On the recordApril 15, 2013
This bill is not about financial benefits. It is about what I consider to be a simple oversight that they do not have the legal ability to call themselves veterans of America's Armed Forces.
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Tim Walz
Democratic · Minnesota

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Timothy Walz advocates for recognizing guardsmen as veterans.

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