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Jim Webb: “I say I regret anyone would think that speaking affirmatively about service, about service of individuals, was somehow…”

On the recordJuly 11, 2007
I say I regret anyone would think that speaking affirmatively about service, about service of individuals, was somehow speaking negatively about the service of anyone else or about people who have not served. I think that it is interesting to point out that in the amendment I offered, every ground combat veteran who is in the Senate cosponsored it. I am grateful for that. I think that does say something about the experiences that people have had in that environment, nothing more, nothing less.
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Jim Webb
Democratic · Virginia
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Addressing comments made after a failed amendment vote regarding military service.

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