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On the recordMarch 1, 2004
Last year the subcommittee recognized that almost 20 percent of the National Guard and Reserve did not have health insurance.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Discussing health insurance issues affecting National Guard and Reserve readiness.

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