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Article: SEN. MURRAY HELPS DELIVER MAJOR VICTORY FOR WALLA WALLA VETERANS

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November 20, 2008
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The office of Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., issued the following news release:

Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), a senior member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, announced that the Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial VA Medical Center in Walla Walla will receive $71.4 million for design and construction of a new outpatient clinic for Walla Walla area veterans. Senator Murray has worked for over five years to save the Walla Walla VA Medical Center and to ensure that it has a future.

"This is a major victory that veterans in southeast Washington, northern Oregon and Idaho have waited a long time for," said Senator Murray. "Thousands of veterans rely on the Walla Walla VA and today ...

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