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Jon Tester: If the President stood up tomorrow and said if you want to serve your country, be qualified as a mental health care…

On the recordJuly 26, 2011
If the President stood up tomorrow and said if you want to serve your country, be qualified as a mental health care worker, go work at the VA, go work at the DOD and we are going to pay you and we are going to support you and we are going to train you, that is a great way for people to serve their country, and I think they would step up.
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Jon Tester
Democratic · Montana

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Tester emphasizes the need for qualified mental health care workers for veterans.

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