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Ron Wyden: “I think we all understand that nobody at the VA gets up in the morning and says, I want to spend my day being rotten to…”

On the recordOctober 7, 2009
I think we all understand that nobody at the VA gets up in the morning and says, I want to spend my day being rotten to veterans.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden defends VA employees' intentions while criticizing systemic issues affecting veterans.

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