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Steve King: “If I got to a foreign country, as Mr. Forbes said, and if I were going to live there, I do not really want help in the…”

On the recordAugust 1, 2012
If I got to a foreign country, as Mr. Forbes said, and if I were going to live there, I do not really want help in the English language because it does not encourage me to adopt the language that I might be operating within.
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Steve King
Republican · Iowa

Editor's note · Context

King emphasizes the importance of immersion in learning the local language.

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