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Rush Holt: Because of whistleblowers at Dover, what we now know that--and what Lynn Smith discovered--was only one of many…

On the recordApril 16, 2012
Because of whistleblowers at Dover, what we now know that--and what Lynn Smith discovered--was only one of many scandalous acts of desecration of the remains of our fallen.
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Rush Holt
New Jersey

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Holt highlights the extent of the scandal regarding the treatment of fallen soldiers' remains.

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