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My name is Paul

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Nance, AFGE Local

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498, President of

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VA. And, we're here

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to support our

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veterans, as I am a

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veteran, to keep

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the agency from

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being privatized.

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Because there's

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nothing worse than

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going to an outside

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doctor and them not

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knowing anything

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about you and the

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culture there,

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they don't know

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anything about.

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When you come

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to the VA, it's

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like a brotherhood-- sisterhood.

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It's like family.

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Everybody there knows

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what you've been

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through, what you're

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going through, and

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it's more comforting

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than sitting in some

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doctor's office

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waiting on your name

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to be called as a

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number.