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On the recordApril 25, 2011
This escape-hatch option neither serves our Nation's veterans nor the taxpayer and merits further investigation.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Critiques a loophole allowing VA employees to evade accountability through retirement.

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