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Jon Tester: “The wait time scandals that arose from Phoenix, back in 2014, were something that none of us could tolerate.”

On the recordJanuary 31, 2017
The wait time scandals that arose from Phoenix, back in 2014, were something that none of us could tolerate.
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Jon Tester
Democratic · Montana

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Tester highlights the intolerable wait time issues faced by veterans.

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