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Brad Sherman: We don't broadcast in Japanese or German because those are countries of the free press. And they get plenty of good…

On the recordJune 25, 2013
We don't broadcast in Japanese or German because those are countries of the free press. And they get plenty of good information at their own cost.
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Brad Sherman
Democratic · California

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Sherman questions the necessity of broadcasting in languages from free press countries.

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