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Claire McCaskill: It seems to me that his injury has been as traumatic as any battlefield injury, and it doesn't seem fair to me that he's…

On the recordMarch 9, 2010
It seems to me that his injury has been as traumatic as any battlefield injury, and it doesn't seem fair to me that he's denied that benefit because it's an adverse reaction to a vaccine that he had to take for deployment, as opposed to an injury on the battlefield.
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Claire McCaskill
Democratic · Missouri

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McCaskill argues for equal treatment of vaccine-related injuries and battlefield injuries.

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