What we are talking about is an obligation to provide them medical care for the rest of their life based on a compensation package that begins the day that they enlist and is amortized over the rest of their life.
Webb emphasizes the lifelong obligation of providing medical care to veterans.
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I think if the administration had properly put the issue before the Congress, the likelihood is that it would have been supported.
I am committed to trying to make this policy work, at the same time to reduce the frictions that are causing it problems.
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Virginia.
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