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Beto O'Rourke: “And what was truly shocking and confirmed stories that I had a hard time believing when I was told by veterans when we…”

On the recordNovember 16, 2015
And what was truly shocking and confirmed stories that I had a hard time believing when I was told by veterans when we first took office was that more than one-third of the veterans surveyed who tried to obtain a mental health care appointment could not obtain one at all.
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Beto O'Rourke
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

O'Rourke reveals alarming statistics on veterans' mental health care access.

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