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AP FACT CHECK: Veterans Affairs chief plugs unproven drug

by Associated Press
| April 24, 2020 3:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie is taking advocacy of an unproven drug for the coronavirus even farther than President Donald Trump, claiming without evidence that it's safe and that it has been effective for young and middle-aged veterans in particular.

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