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Haley Barbour: I learned a great lesson about government when we did the census in 1970. And that is that the government is not a very…

On the recordFebruary 13, 2012
I learned a great lesson about government when we did the census in 1970. And that is that the government is not a very good communicator. That the government doesn't do a good job of getting things across. So I've been trying all my career to do a better job.
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Haley Barbour

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Haley Barbour reflects on the government's communication failures and his efforts to improve it throughout his career.

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