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Doug Collins: “Ann Arbor in the last five years has had a 34% increase in…”

Featuring: Doug Collins, Republican | Secretary of Veterans Affairs | National

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You're also decreasing, which makes no sense given the problems that we're having right now and what I'm hearing back home in Michigan. Well, number one, I think the issue. Let's just honestly address numbers as we go ahead. Ann Arbor in the last five years has had a 34% increase in FTE and they've had a 10% increase in veteran encounters. Battle Creek has had a 21% increase in FTE counts and a 0 increase in veteran encounters. As you go through Detroit, 24% increase in FTE counts, 2% increase in veteran encounters, 32% at Saginaw, and a 4%. (05:33–05:41)

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Asserts that Ann Arbor has increased its full-time equivalent (FTE) staff by 34% and veteran encounters by 10% over five years.

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