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Bill Bennett: “It's always a legitimate question to ask how a candidate feels about his country and given some of his associations…”

On the recordJune 29, 2008
It's always a legitimate question to ask how a candidate feels about his country and given some of his associations, sure, it's absolutely legitimate to ask.
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Bill Bennett

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Bennett discusses the legitimacy of questioning a candidate's feelings about their country based on their associations.

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