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Our Nation's Leaders: where are their priorities?

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Getty Images Our leaders in Washington seem to have forgotten what's important. Rather than putting aside differences for the betterment of our nation, they seek to find resolutions that give them the most for their "side".  It isn't bipartisan nor symbiotic. Rather, it's self-serving.  Case in point: the September 11 Victim Compensation Fund.   Jon Stewart testifies for September 11 Victim Compensation Fund: "Accountability doesn’t appear to be something that occurs in this chamber…I'm sorry if I sound angry and undiplomatic, but I am angry, and you should be too." pic.twitter.com/njxJzSmzSJ — CSPAN (@cspan) June 11, 2019 My heart goes out to these men and women.  Although my husband was not part of this group, we have gone decades without answers for "Gulf War Syndrome".  The first responders of 9/11 share a similar fate concerning their health. Politicians don't want to step up and demand answers on their be