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Richard Blumenthal: “If you wait until the train wreck to come together for the first time, you are seldom going to be able to forge the…”

On the recordMarch 28, 2011
If you wait until the train wreck to come together for the first time, you are seldom going to be able to forge the necessary consensus.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Blumenthal stresses the importance of coalition building before crises occur.

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