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BELOW: Jon Stewart hugs Tim Hauser, an Air Force veteran, at a rally to call on the Senate to pass the Pact Act, which aims to expand health care and benefits to veterans exposed to toxins while serving, outside the Capitol in Washington, Aug., 2, 2022.

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