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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WE WILL GET STARTED. HOPE EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO GET SOME COFFEE AND JUICE. IT'S NOW TIME FOR A PURSE PANEL DISCUSSION, COMMUNITY...
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| 00:01:24 |
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HERE. YOU MAY NOT RECOGNIZE ME BUT I'M THE BURNETT FROM FOX NEWS. LAST BACK [LAUGHTER] TO FINANCE FOREIGN ON HELPING WOUNDED WARRIORS AND THEIR FAMILIES...
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| 00:13:13 |
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IN IRAQ. WE HAVE 6500 TROOPS IN MARYLAND AND I'LL TELL YOU THAT THE GENERATION OF SERVICE MEMBERS TODAY STANDS AS TALL AS ANY GENERATION THAT HAS EVER...
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| 00:17:33 |
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ADKINS. I WOULD LIKE TO TURN TO THE WOUNDED MARINE WHO'S NOW IN NEW YORK LISTENING TO THOSE BANKERS, TODD? >>
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| 00:17:41 |
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THANK YOU. YOU GUYS HEAR ME OKAY? ALL RIGHT. I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE GENERAL IS USING AN iPAD AND NOW WE'RE SWITCHING TO THE MARINE WHO IS READING...
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| 00:17:53 |
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THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME DIFFERENCES IN THE THINGS WE DISCUSS. BUT ON A GOOD NOTE, AS I MENTIONED -- AS WAS SAID I'VE ALWAYS BEEN IN THE MARINE CORPS...
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| 00:21:06 |
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WERE FABRIC BELTS OF SOME SORT FOR A WHILE. AND WHEN I LOOK AT THESE THINGS AND THE CAPACITY THAT I'M IN NOW WORKING ON PHILANTHROPIC GIVINGS JPMORGAN...
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| 00:23:09 |
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THANK YOU, TODD. AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO TURN TO NICOLE WHO'S SOMEBODY IS FAMILIAR WITH ALL THOSE PROGRAMS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. NICOLE IS A COLONEL IN...
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| 00:23:27 |
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MORNING. I WANT TO THANK THE DOCTOR THE LEADER OF THE READJUSTMENT CONFERENCE CENTER TO BE LETTING ME BE HERE TODAY AND MY BOSS WHO'S ACTUALLY A RETIRED...
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| 00:24:01 |
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TO INTERJECT -- I'M MARRIED TO A BANKER. THEY HAVE GOOD JOBS. SO HE'S NOT ONLY CUTE AND ELIGIBLE BUT HE'S PROBABLY A GOOD CATCH. >> MY NUMBER IS...
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| 00:24:11 |
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BACK OF THE PAMPHLET. [LAUGHTER] >> HE SAID HE USED
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| 00:24:21 |
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CRAYONS, I USED PEN AND A PAD. THAT'S ARMY. IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT OF THE SITUATION WE'RE DEALING WITH IN REGARD TO OUR RETURNING OR...
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| 00:36:15 |
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AND SO NOW WE'LL TURN TO DR. DAVID BROWN WHO IS WITH THE OFFICE OF SECRETARY DEFENSE WHERE HE'S THE -- AN EXPERT ON SUICIDE PREVENTION, RECOVERY, AND...
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| 00:36:34 |
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I'M GOING TO LEAN -- I'M FORMER ARMY AND I'M GOING TO LEAN INTO THE COLONEL HERE. I FEEL COMFORTABLE IF YOU DON'T MIND. WE HAD OFFERED UP OUR SEATS BUT...
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| 00:40:20 |
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THE DEAN MARTIN ROASTS. THIS GUY HAD US GOING AND HE SAYS, YOU KNOW, DOC, HE SAYS I MAY HAVE LOST A PORTION OF MY FOOT BUT I STILL HAVE MY HAIR AND...
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| 00:44:45 |
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REGARDS TO HELP-SEEKING BEHAVIOR I THINK IT'S RATHER IMPORTANT. I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT WE FOCUS ON THAT. AND WHAT WE DO WHEN WE REINTEGRATE BACK TO...
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| 00:45:00 |
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THANK YOU, DOCTOR. I'D LIKE TO NOW TURN TO THE WHITE HOUSE AND LIEUTENANT COLONEL, RODNEY LEWIS. THIS ADMINISTRATION SEEMS TO HAVE COME IN AND THEY...
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| 00:45:23 |
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K.T. FIRST OF ALL, FOR U.S. I AND MOAA THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY AND IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO HAVE ME ON THE PANEL TO SPEAK TO YOU AND HAVE A CONVERSATION....
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| 00:46:03 |
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US AIR FORCE GUYS, WE'RE ALWAYS PREPARED. BUT IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, I'VE BEEN IN THIS JOB AND I'VE SEEN SOME AMAZING THINGS IN TERMS OF WATCHING OUR...
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| 00:51:20 |
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WE'VE HEARD AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL, AT THE STATE LEVEL, AND AT THE LOCAL LEVEL THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE BEING OFFERED AND A LOT OF THE CHALLENGES THAT OUR...
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| 00:52:12 |
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YOU. AS I LOOK AROUND ME I SAID THE iPADS AND THE PEN AND PAPER AND EVERYTHING, I HAVE MINE TYPED UP DOUBLE SPACE AND EVERYTHING BECAUSE I AM THE TEACHER....
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| 00:52:26 |
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A MORTAR EXPLODED 35 YARDS AWAY FROM HIM, MY FIRST THOUGHTS WERE OH, MY GOD, ARE YOU OKAY? HE DOWNPLAYED THE EXTENT OF HIS INJURIES TO ME AND TOLD ME...
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| 00:56:45 |
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NURSE CASE MANAGER WHO HAS BEEN HELPFUL IN GETTING US THE APPOINTMENTS WE NEED. AND NOT MAKING US TRAVEL MORE THAN THE 2.5 HOURS WE ALREADY TRAVEL. ...
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| 00:59:18 |
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IN THIS ROOM -- EVERYBODY IN THIS COUNTRY FEELS THAT NONE OF OUR VETERANS SHOULD EVER HAVE TO GO THROUGH SOMETHING LIKE THAT GUN. I OPEN UP THE PANEL...
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| 00:59:49 |
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YOU? YOU'RE SOMEBODY WHO HAS SEEN BOTH SIDES OF THIS, NOT ONLY ACTIVE DUTY AND RESERVES BUT THROUGH THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION AND THROUGH THE --...
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| 01:00:00 |
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I WISH IT WERE THE ONLY STORY LIKE IT BUT IT IS NOT. AND I THINK IT GETS BACK TO THAT SYSTEM UNDER THE BURDEN OF DEALING WITH A NATION AT WAR FOR 10...
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| 01:00:56 |
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ELSE? DOCTOR, I WANT TO ASK YOU, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK THAT IS SO UPSETTING IS THAT THE FIRST PLACE THEY WENT TO THEIR PRIMARY CARE...
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| 01:01:17 |
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GENERAL SAID, UNFORTUNATELY, THIS -- NOT TO SAY IT'S COMMON BUT YOU HEAR OF THIS OCCURRING. WE HAVE -- WHEN I SHOWED UP IN GERMANY, THEY HAD TRANSITIONED...
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| 01:03:09 |
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STATES SENATE IN 2006 IN NEW YORK, AND I WOULD CAMPAIGN AROUND UPSTATE NEW YORK WHERE FORT DRUM IS AND I FOUND THAT WOMEN WOULD COME UP TO ME, MOTHERS,...
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| 01:04:04 |
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LIKE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. ONE OF THE THINGS THEY CAN DO IS FIND THE NEAREST VET CENTER AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE IT'S FREE. IT'S FREE...
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| 01:05:16 |
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DOCTOR, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SEEMS TO COME UP TIME AND TIME AGAIN IS THE IDEA THAT IF YOU'RE IN THE MILITARY, YOU'RE THE KIND OF PERSON WHO DOES SUCK...
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| 01:05:56 |
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TO BRING THEIR OWN SOLDIERS. WE'RE NOT THE BEST KEEPERS OF THE RECORD. I BROUGHT THIS UP LAST YEAR AT THE DEFENSE FORUM. I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY...
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| 01:07:31 |
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ADD TO THAT. AS A FORMER MARINE. YOU I'M SURE HAVE HAD DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES. >> CREATIVITY IS GOING TO BE
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| 01:07:38 |
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THE KEY FOR A LOT OF THESE SPOUSES OUT THERE. I'LL GIVE ONE OF EXAMPLE OF A FRIEND OF MINE WHO WORKS AT A VET CENTER WHO CAME UP WITH THE IDEA WHEN...
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| 01:08:40 |
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I WANT TO TURN NOW TO -- SORRY. >> I'LL ADD TO THAT CONTEXT
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| 01:08:43 |
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A LITTLE BIT MORE AS WELL. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND WE'VE KIND OF HIT ON IT AS WELL IS THE ASPECT OF NOT ONLY --...
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| 01:09:50 |
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WE UTILIZING OUR RESOURCES EFFECTIVELY? SO THAT WAS SIGNED IN JANUARY. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THAT, I THINK IT'S A DOCUMENT THAT'S WELL WORTH THE...
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| 01:10:11 |
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GOT TWO STARS ON YOUR SHOULDER, AND YOU OBVIOUSLY KNOW WHAT IT TAKES TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL CAREER IN THE MILITARY, IS SOMEONE WHO COMES EITHER AS ACTIVE...
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| 01:10:39 |
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MILITARY? >> NO. AND I THINK YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE'VE BEEN PART OF A JOURNEY FOR THE LAST DECADE. AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT FROM THE EXPERIENCE...
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| 01:12:26 |
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I THINK AT THIS POINT IT'S TIME TO OPEN UP TO THE AUDIENCE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. WE HAVE MICROPHONES SET UP HERE AND HERE. AND IF YOU'D...
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| 01:13:30 |
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WITHIN THE STATE AND WITHIN THE STATE EMPLOYMENT DIVISION, AND THEY HAVE VETERAN REPRESENTATIVES TO WORK SPECIFICALLY TO WORK WITH VETERANS. AS FAR AS...
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| 01:13:47 |
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CHALLENGE TO HIRE DISABLED VETERANS. I'M ONE OF 16 VETERANS ON MY FATHERS SIDE, AND MY WIFE'S SIDE OF THE FAMILY. AND I WORK FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE,...
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| 01:14:20 |
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EVEN HIGHER. WHEN THEY GO BACK TO RURAL AREAS. >>
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| 01:14:24 |
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IT'S JUST A CHALLENGE FOR ALL OF US TO TRY TO HELP THESE VETERANS. USE THE G.I. BILL IF WE CAN GET VETERANS TO GO THERE TO THE COLLEGE UNIVERSITY, CAREER...
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| 01:14:48 |
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I THINK THE AFTERNOON PANEL IS GOING TO SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS THE ISSUE YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT AND WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM INDUSTRY. WE ARE TALKING...
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| 01:15:02 |
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MARYLAND, SOMETHING AS A SIMPLE AS IDENTIFYING AND OUR JOB BANK WHEN A COMPANY PUTS THE NEED IN THERE, TO PUT IN THEIR A LITTLE MINUTEMAN THINK I'M...
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| 01:15:28 |
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THE LADY IN THE CENTER. >> CAN ANYBODY HEAR
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| 01:15:39 |
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ME? 'S. LET'S GO TO THE FAR END AND WE WILL SORT THAT MIC OUT IN A MINUTE. >> FIRST OF ALL LET ME SAY
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| 01:15:46 |
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THANK YOU FOR SERVING YOUR COUNTRY AND CONTAINING YOUR SERVICE TO OUR NATION'S VETERANS. MY NAME IS JENNIFER, I'M A STAFF SERGEANT IN THE ARMY RESERVE...
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| 01:17:03 |
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A COUPLE OF THOSE THINGS. IN MARYLAND WE HAD TO ESTABLISH AN EMPLOYMENT OFFICE WITHIN THE NATIONAL GUARD TO FOCUS ON GETTING INDIVIDUALS COMING BACK...
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| 01:18:31 |
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ADD ANY REAL QUICK. I DON'T JENNIFER FOR YEARS, AND SHE IS A PURPLE HEART RECIPIENT, AND RECENTLY NEW MOTHER OF PROBABLY THE CUTEST BABY IN THE ENTIRE...
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| 01:18:55 |
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FOR EMBARRASSING HER, BUT WE LOVE YOU SPENT A NICE SHOUT
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| 01:18:59 |
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OUT. >> I WILL ADD TO THAT REAL QUICKLY AS WELL. CREDENTIALING, RECIPROCITY, THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT ARE BEING TALKED ABOUT RIGHT NOW. SO THAT IS...
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| 01:19:48 |
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GOING TO TAXES QUESTION BECAUSE I THINK WE WILL BE ASKING ABOUT THE SAME THINGS. APRIL, YOU TALKED ABOUT YOUR SON HAVING SECONDARY, AND YOUR OWN CHALLENGES...
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| 01:21:14 |
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MINE WAS ALSO TO APRIL. >> GET A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE MIC. >>
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| 01:21:19 |
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I WAS TALKING TO A YOUNG LADY THE OTHER DAY. HER HUSBAND IS ALSO TBI, 100% DISABLED. SHE WENT TO A CAREGIVER GROUP OUT OF THE HOSPITAL IN JACKSONVILLE,...
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| 01:22:27 |
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WHY DON'T YOU ADDRESS THAT? >> WELL, IT WAS
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| 01:22:31 |
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REALLY DIFFICULT TO FIND HEALTH CARE FOR MY FAMILY AT FIRST, THE MENTAL HEALTH CARE. ONE, BECAUSE OUR BASE THAT WE ARE A SIGN TO WAS VERY SMALL, AND...
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| 01:25:06 |
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EVEN IF EVERYTHING IN DOD AND VA WORKED PERFECTLY AND WE ALL KNOW IT'S NOT AN WE'RE ALL WORKING TO MAKE THE INTRO CHANGES, I GET ALL THAT. BUT EVEN IF...
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| 01:26:00 |
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COME WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES TO DO THIS OR IS IT AN ATTITUDE AND CULTURE? >> IT'S
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| 01:26:10 |
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COMPLICATED. WITH THAT SAID, THERE ARE A GREAT MANY RESOURCES. UNFORTUNATELY, A GREAT MANY RESOURCES HAVEN'T BEEN VETTED. AND TRYING TO COORDINATE...
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| 01:27:26 |
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VERY PATIENTLY. >> COLONEL JIM MUTTER,
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| 01:27:32 |
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RETIRED MARINE. I HAVE, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO CONCUR THAT I'VE EXPERIENCED THE SAME THING, ALTHOUGH MY PLATE IS NOWHERE NEAR YOURS, OF THE VA SAYING...
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| 01:30:26 |
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MINUTES LEFT, SO COLONEL, I JUST WANT TO ASK HIM IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WAS WAITING TO ASK A QUESTION, A RELATED QUESTION TO THAT? >> NO, BUT I...
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| 01:30:39 |
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THANK YOU. MY NAME IS SONDRA AND I'M FROM SAN DIEGO. FROM 2006-2009, WE HAD A PROGRAM FOR THE WOUNDED WARRIORS. AND I'M HENCE BE EXPLAINED TO PEOPLE...
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| 01:30:56 |
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THAT RESEARCH SHOWS IT IMPROVES HEALING 40-60%, VERY EFFECTIVE WITH POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS. WE WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL. WE DID THAT FOR ALMOST THREE YEARS,...
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| 01:31:34 |
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EVEN WILL COME AS MUCH AS WE TRY TO ENCOURAGE THE THERAPIST TO WORK WITH US, THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO INTEREST ON THE PART OF THE MEDICAL GROUP. AFTER...
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| 01:31:54 |
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YOU CAN ADDRESS, BECAUSE -- >> BUT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
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| 01:31:58 |
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THE PROBLEM, THE PROBLEM IS BEFORE THEY GET OUT OF THE MILITARY. BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEM WITH THE VA, BUT AS A COMMUNITY, SUPPORT, HOW CAN...
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| 01:32:15 |
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SOLUTION IN PLACE. >> LET'S HEAR A SOLUTION. >> WE DO HAVE A
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| 01:32:20 |
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SOLUTION IN PLACE, AND IT IS, IN FACT, THE LAW OF THE LAND. AND IT WAS CREATED BY ALL THE MILITARY SERVICES ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, AND IF IT IS IMPLEMENTED...
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| 01:33:29 |
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ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY WANT TO ADDRESS? >> MAY I TAKE
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| 01:33:32 |
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YOU OUT -- PIGGYBACK ON THAT FOR A SECOND? I KNOW YOU GUYS BY SAYING WOW, THE BRAIN-DEAD GUY IS NOT TALKING UP THERE SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TALK....
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| 01:33:46 |
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COMPLETELY BRAIN-DEAD. BUT I THINK ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES THAT I HEAR, AND I JUST WANT TO PIGGYBACK IS, YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT, MA'AM. EVERYTHING IS PUT...
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| 01:34:55 |
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SAID ABOUT THE WORST THING ANYBODY HAS SAID ALL DAY, THANK YOU. I THINK WE HAVE TIME FOR ONE MORE QUESTION AND I WILL GO OVER HERE. >> I WAS JUST WONDERING,
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| 01:35:04 |
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MY UNDERSTANDING, I SERVED TWO TOURS IN THE NON, AND I'VE GOT PTSD. AND ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE VA DO IS TO GIVE A GOOD TOOL WHICH IS CALLED...
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| 01:35:54 |
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I FORESAW WE PROBABLY HAVE GOTTEN TO THE END OF OUR PROGRAM. I KNOW THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE WANT TO ASK QUESTIONS. YOU HAVE ALL WAITED VERY PATIENTLY....
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| 01:37:16 |
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BROWN. SORRY. COMMENT APRIL MARCUM, LIEUTENANT COLONEL FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PARTICIPATING AND EDUCATING US. [APPLAUSE] >> WE'RE
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| 01:37:36 |
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FRUSTRATED WE DON'T HAVE MORE TIME BUT THEY HAVE ALL THE CREATURES THEY APPEAR. A LITTLE BIT OF HOUSEKEEPING. I WILL GIVE EACH OF THEM AND AWARD, A...
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| 01:38:47 |
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MENTIONED GENERAL CHIARELLI WILL BE HERE AT 12 CHART TO TALK. HE'S I THINK EN ROUTE WITH HIS WIFE, SO PLEASE MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO GET TO THE LINES...
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