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Wendy Sherman: It would have been catastrophic in so many ways that I think we cannot even begin to imagine.

On the recordOctober 12, 2011
It would have been catastrophic in so many ways that I think we cannot even begin to imagine.
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Wendy Sherman
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Sherman discusses the potential catastrophic consequences if the assassination plot had succeeded.

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