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Tom Harkin: Well, there seems to be a common theme coming through here now, and I think it is focused on those entities that would…

On the recordDecember 1, 2009
Well, there seems to be a common theme coming through here now, and I think it is focused on those entities that would somehow be off of central trading.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Senator Harkin discusses the need for central trading to enhance transparency.

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