Richard Blumenthal: “Veterans who have served more than 20 years already receive…”

“Close to a trillion dollars. Now, this country can afford to do the right thing by these combat injured veterans and we have a moral imperative to do so. Veterans who have served more than 20 years already receive both the VA and the DOD payments in whole. Veterans who've served less than 20 years because they are combat injured, frankly, for any reason, deserve better.” (05:22–05:31)

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