“We are dealing with [veterans], not procedures; with their problems, not ours.”

—  Omar Bradley

While Administrator of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
"General Bradley Speaks of Personnel Affairs," http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112055973280;view=1up;seq=232 Veterans Administration Personnel Bulletin IB-5, Volume 11 http://books.google.com/books?id=Hu5U5jSnPhIC&q=%22We+are+dealing+with+men+not+procedures+with+their+problems+not+ours%22&pg=PT11-PA14#v=onepage (31 May 1947)

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