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Jim Webb: “I assume that you would agree that it is the position of the VA that Confederate soldiers have the same status as Union…”

On the recordApril 5, 2011
I assume that you would agree that it is the position of the VA that Confederate soldiers have the same status as Union soldiers when it comes to memorial affairs, from the Civil War.
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Jim Webb
Democratic · Virginia

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Senator Webb raises the issue of equal status for Confederate and Union soldiers in memorial affairs.

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