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Graham Platner: “I really want to work on in the Senate is building an army…”

Featuring: Graham Platner, Populist, Progressive | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Maine

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Published | Video Starts at 42:35

They'll tell you how the process works. What do you say to veterans who've had trouble accessing the benefits you've been able to use? What I say is that one of the things I really want to work on in the Senate is building an army of social workers for the VA to go out into this country and find every single veteran who is not getting the benefits that they earned. Because one of the biggest problems is, and I have friends like this very clear. I just was hanging out with one last week. Week. (42:35–42:49)

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Asserts intention to build a network of social workers to help veterans access benefits.

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