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Our nation’s veterans and their families are facing a crisis they did not create and cannot afford. A nation’s strength isn’t measured by its words — it’s measured by how it treats those who served.

That belief has guided us both as public servants. And while we advocate in different arenas, we believe in the same core principle: when someone serves our country, it’s our obligation to serve them in return — with urgency, with integrity and with a dedication worthy of their sacrifice.

This sacred obligation predates the nation itself. In the 18 th century, towns in the Massachusetts Bay Colony aided ve

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