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Joe Manchin: “Some of my Vietnam veterans back home, forty percent of my veterans are Vietnam-era veterans--40 percent.”

On the recordMay 16, 2017
Some of my Vietnam veterans back home, forty percent of my veterans are Vietnam-era veterans--40 percent.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

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Manchin highlights the needs of Vietnam-era veterans requiring care.

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