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David Roe: “Veterans who carried the war, that we have as a country placed in harm's way to do what we have asked them to do to…”

On the recordNovember 14, 2011
Veterans who carried the war, that we have as a country placed in harm's way to do what we have asked them to do to protect our freedoms, that now we provide the benefits we promised them, period.
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David Roe
Republican · Vermont

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Stresses the obligation to fulfill promises made to veterans.

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