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On July 10th . Marshall Regional

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Medical Center welcomed Dr Lester

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Martinez Lopez for his first visit to

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the Medical Center as Assistant

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Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs

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is a flagship for the Department of

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Defense . When it comes out to health

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care , it doesn't pass a year or even a

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month . LARS in the news because it's a

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critical asset that the department has .

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So this is my first overseas tour and

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it couldn't be anything but to come

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here and visit in the focus for his

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visit was readiness for medical

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professionals and access to care for

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service members always make sure that

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the force is ready . It priority number

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one , but just as close , its part

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number two is to have a medical ready

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force . So doctors and nurses and techs

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are ready to do what America asked them

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to do . Reporting from Washington

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Regional Medical Center . I'm Sergeant

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Kevin Henderson .