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Jim Webb: There is a great percentage of veterans law that gives an enormous amount of discretion to the executive agency itself.

On the recordJuly 13, 2010
There is a great percentage of veterans law that gives an enormous amount of discretion to the executive agency itself.
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Jim Webb
Democratic · Virginia

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Senator Webb highlights the discretion given to executive agencies in veterans law.

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