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Tom Harkin: “I'm not going to turn this into politics. We want to be above politics. But we're going to have to deal with politics.”

On the recordMay 14, 2013
I'm not going to turn this into politics. We want to be above politics. But we're going to have to deal with politics.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin acknowledges the necessity of addressing political issues despite a desire to remain nonpartisan.

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