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Ted Kaufman: “If you don't have a free press, we know what the result is; we don't have the institution, we don't have the rule of…”

On the recordJanuary 19, 2010
If you don't have a free press, we know what the result is; we don't have the institution, we don't have the rule of law.
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Ted Kaufman
Delaware

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Kaufman emphasizes the importance of a free press for democracy.

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