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Beto O'Rourke: It took this country more than 40 years to acknowledge our responsibility and our accountability and to pony up and…

On the recordJune 6, 2018
It took this country more than 40 years to acknowledge our responsibility and our accountability and to pony up and begin to take care of people who we should have decades earlier been there for.
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Beto O'Rourke
Democratic · Texas

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Compares current issues with veterans' care to the historical response to Agent Orange.

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