After hearing from veterans who received the letter but do not have ALS, the VA immediately began reviewing individual claims files for all the recipients to determine who received the letter by mistake, agency spokeswoman Katie Roberts said in the statement.

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In the April letter to the AICPA, the IRS said its request for complete software files is part of an effort to modernize.

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In his letter to Davis, Haggis said that he was worried that the church might look through his files to smear him, too.

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