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President Obama Signs Honoring America's Veterans Bill

Washington, DC
Monday, August 6, 2012

President Obama signed the Honoring America's Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 in an Oval Office ceremony at the White House.  The bill provides expanded access to health care and housing to veterans and also places restrictions on protest demonstrations at military funerals.

After signing the bill, the president responded to reporters about a shooting that occurred in Wisconsin over the weekend in which a gunman, Wade Michael Page, allegedly shot and killed six people attending religious services in a Sikh temple.

Updated: Monday, August 6, 2012 at 3:20pm (ET)

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Washington Journal (late 2012)