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Joe Manchin: “We have accepted that as a policy, and I would say that the majority of vets who have done extremely well in life and…”

On the recordJanuary 20, 2016
We have accepted that as a policy, and I would say that the majority of vets who have done extremely well in life and God has blessed them would probably forsake that, anyway, or even pay.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

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Manchin discusses veterans' willingness to forgo benefits if they are financially successful.

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