Richard Burr

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Sen. Tom Coburn (left) says opening up coverage to more veterans could lead to longer wait times for injured and low-income veterans already receiving care, and Sen. Richard Burr (right) is arguing against using spending from the Afghanistan War to pay for additional spending. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Sen. Richard Burr, North Carolina Republican, talks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 9, 2013. (Associated Press)

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Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., left, walks with Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., on the way to a procedural vote on a comprehensive defense bill as the Senate's legislative year nears to a close, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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** FILE ** In this Jan. 17, 2013, photo provided by U.S. Army Pacific, U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Roger Mathews, left, and Australian Defence Forces Maj. Gen. Richard Burr salute during a ceremony welcoming Burr to Fort Shafter, Hawaii. Burr's unprecedented appointment to be deputy commanding general at U.S. Army Pacific is the first time a non-American has served in such a high-ranking position at a command like this. (AP Photo/U.S. Army Pacific, Angela Kershner)

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Senator Richard Burr (R-N.C.) arrives for a closed door Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing to discuss the September 11, 2012 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, and the intelligence and security situation in other Arab Spring countries at the Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., Thursday, November 15, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)