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Arne Duncan: It's crazy. You interviewed Blair Holt's dad just a few moments ago. Someone came up to say, oh, I am so sorry about…

On the recordJune 1, 2007
It's crazy. You interviewed Blair Holt's dad just a few moments ago. Someone came up to say, oh, I am so sorry about that. Unfortunately, Blair was in the wrong place at the wrong time. I said that is absolutely wrong. He was in the right place at the right time. It was 3 o'clock in the afternoon. He was going home from school on the bus. How can he not be safe there?
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Arne Duncan

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Duncan emphasizes the tragedy of youth violence and criticizes the notion that victims are in the wrong place at the wrong time.

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