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Evan Bayh: “There's something fundamentally wrong about that. If we can pursue our Nation's security without putting them or us as a…”

On the recordDecember 1, 2010
There's something fundamentally wrong about that. If we can pursue our Nation's security without putting them or us as a country institutionalizing hypocrisy, I think America is stronger, we are a more just and secure country.
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Evan Bayh

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Bayh criticizes the hypocrisy in asking service members to hide their identities.

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