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On the recordMarch 7, 2007
I wanted to start today by talking about the situation at Walter Reed, which I know is a subject that is of great concern to everybody in this Chamber, and it is certainly the issue that I am hearing the most about as I travel around my district. And I have put up here for my colleagues to take a look at the Newsweek cover from this week, and we see here that this is a national story. It is the number one story in the country, and it tells the story about how we are, unfortunately in many cases, failing our wounded.
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Jason Altmire
Pennsylvania

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Addressing concerns about the situation at Walter Reed during a discussion of the 30-Something Working Group.

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