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Tony Wied: “I believe that we should have right to try.”

Featuring: Tony Wied, Republican | U.S. House Wisconsin, District 8

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Tony Wied-Kristin Lyerly U.S. House debate

Published | Video Starts at 40:22

… Afghanistan, the Gulf, the Gulf war and so forth, they're really struggling, no question about it, with the approach at the VA system that isn't working for everybody. And so I believe that we should have right to try. I think we need to look at alternative options for folks like veterans within the VA system and also in our own system, in the government. (40:22–40:25)

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Asserts support for the "right to try" policy for veterans within the VA system.

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