04/09/2013
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"Have you surveyed the veterans in southern Nevada to see if they think they are adequately served?"
"Well, I think that the states built some of these cemeteries on their own in the west because they did not have a national cemetery."
"I think it is time that we look very seriously about opening one that is going to be available to the 1.8 million, 1.8 million veterans who do not have this option."
"It is my belief that the option of a burial in a VA national cemetery, in the state you call home, is a solemn obligation our government should fulfill."