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Department of Veterans Affairs Forced to Pay $200 Million in Wrongful Death Suits

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The Center for Investigative Reporting has found, in the years since 9/11, the Department of Veterans Affairs made wrongful death payments to nearly 1,000 grieving families, including 59 in California. Reporter Aaron Glantz joins us to talk about a couple of those cases.

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