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Robert Weygand: “So that if they have served in Vietnam, in Desert Storm, if they have done that, but they are now out of the military…”

On the recordJuly 30, 1998
So that if they have served in Vietnam, in Desert Storm, if they have done that, but they are now out of the military, they are not eligible?
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Robert Weygand
Rhode Island

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Questioning eligibility criteria for veterans' benefits.

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