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Patty Murray: “When somebody goes over and serves our country and then--simply because somebody does not write something on a…”

On the recordJuly 28, 2009
When somebody goes over and serves our country and then--simply because somebody does not write something on a form--comes home and is denied their care, to me is just really unjust.
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Patty Murray
Democratic · Washington

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Murray emphasizes the injustice of veterans being denied care due to paperwork issues.

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