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Tom Harkin: “We will set a high bar, and States that hit it, that's great.”

On the recordJune 2, 2009
We will set a high bar, and States that hit it, that's great.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Discussing the competitive nature of the Race to the Top program.

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