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Mark Takano: “So roughly 20 percent unemployment?”

On the recordMarch 13, 2013
So roughly 20 percent unemployment?
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Mark Takano
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the unemployment rate of California National Guard members.

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