Peter Welch: “We have to have medical care for our soldiers and sailors…”

“So is why I've been so insistent as many of us here that we have to have a good va. We have to have medical care for our soldiers and sailors and airmen and Marines. But what we need too, is a Secretary of Defense who honors that idealism of these young Americans who decide to enlist.” (04:53–05:00)

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