Video: Is funding Veteran Affairs a moral argument?

By Staff Reports

May 22, 2025

“Is funding Veteran Affairs a moral argument?”

That’s the question Cardinal & Pine’s political correspondent, Michael McElroy, asked panelists at this week’s ‘Voices for Veterans’ event. Here’s how Durham VA nurse Ann-Marie Patterson-Powell responded.

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