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Robert Dornan: “It did not make the evening news at all. It just showed in silent that he got the Gold Medal from Congress.”

On the recordJuly 30, 1996
It did not make the evening news at all. It just showed in silent that he got the Gold Medal from Congress.
Said by
Robert Dornan
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the lack of media coverage for a Congressional Gold Medal award.

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