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Chris Coons: Let us not be blind to our differences, but let us also direct attention to our common interests and to the means by…

On the recordJanuary 10, 2017
Let us not be blind to our differences, but let us also direct attention to our common interests and to the means by which these differences can be resolved.
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Chris Coons
Democratic · Delaware

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Coons quotes Kennedy on focusing on common interests despite differences.

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