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Phil Roe: “We have 133,000 or so homeless veterans. And in 5 years, General Shinseki has wanted to reduce that to, obviously it…”

On the recordJune 2, 2009
We have 133,000 or so homeless veterans. And in 5 years, General Shinseki has wanted to reduce that to, obviously it will not get to zero, but to a very manageable number.
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Phil Roe
Tennessee

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Phil Roe discusses the goal to significantly reduce veteran homelessness.

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