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Mark Kelly: “This administration wants them to give up their…”

Featuring: Mark Kelly, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Arizona

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Sen. Mark Kelly says Trump administration $1.5 trillion Defense budget request is "outrageous"

Published | Video Starts at 07:50

So give up their pension, give up their health care, give up that retired status. Think about that for a second. The people who have given the most to this country, This administration wants them to give up their constitutional rights. Well, one of the judges said that you are different because you have a bully pulpit, because you're a senator, that you're not the same as every other veteran. (07:50–07:56)

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Asserts that the administration is attempting to infringe on the constitutional rights of retired service members.

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