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Tim Ryan: Understand that this situation is totally unacceptable to the VFW and its 2.4 million members and auxiliaries. We will…

On the recordNovember 9, 2005
Understand that this situation is totally unacceptable to the VFW and its 2.4 million members and auxiliaries. We will do what is necessary to protect, in Lincoln's words, `He who bore the battle, and his widow, and his orphan.' These words are marked on the front of the VA headquarters building. I urge you to take them to heart. Sincerely, Robert E. Wallace, Executive Director, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Washington Office.'' We are not making this up. This is the VFW.
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Tim Ryan
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