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Congressional Candidate’s Veterans Health Care Plan Plagiarized

GOP Congressional Candidate’s Veterans Health Care Plan Plagiarized From Fox News Article
It’s an article about a proposed overhaul of VA health care.
Buzzfeed
posted on Oct. 21, 2014,

A Republican congressional candidate in Oregon appears to have plagiarized her plan for veterans from a Fox News article about proposed changes to the troubled Veterans Affairs health care.

Tootie Smith, a Republican running against Oregon Democrat Rep. Kurt Schrader in the state’s 5th Congressional veteran’s medical care plan uses nearly-identical language to a Fox News article from July on action taken by House and Senate Veterans Affairs committees.

The campaign for Smith, who currently serves as Clackamas County Commissioner, didn’t return emails or phone calls about the similar text.
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