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Bernie Sanders: “The bottom line is you have a huge bureaucracy and a very large budget. I think the average veteran in this country…”

On the recordNovember 5, 2013
The bottom line is you have a huge bureaucracy and a very large budget. I think the average veteran in this country believes VA is doing a good job, in terms of health care at least but we can do better.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Sanders highlights the VA's bureaucracy and calls for improvements despite general satisfaction.

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