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On the recordJanuary 12, 2009
The Secretary of Education, along with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, they have the task of defining America, who we are and what we are as a people and how we progress and what kind of society we are going to be.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin discusses the role of the Secretary of Education in shaping American identity and society.

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