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Michael Bennet: It won't be easy. Just the sheer size and complexity of the Federal Government and the entrenched interests that often…

On the recordJune 9, 2009
It won't be easy. Just the sheer size and complexity of the Federal Government and the entrenched interests that often fight to protect certain programs--make this kind of work treacherous and too often thankless.
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Michael Bennet
Democratic · Colorado

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Bennet acknowledges the challenges Zients will face in his role.

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