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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “I regard it as an unplanned event. Sure, there was planning, and, sure, most of the planning worked.”

On the recordApril 2, 2009
I regard it as an unplanned event. Sure, there was planning, and, sure, most of the planning worked.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton acknowledges the unpredictability of the inauguration's challenges despite prior planning.

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