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Tom Harkin: One red flag ought to be enough, but if you get two red flags, then three red flags, pretty soon somebody ought to start…

On the recordJuly 31, 2012
One red flag ought to be enough, but if you get two red flags, then three red flags, pretty soon somebody ought to start paying attention.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin emphasizes the need for attention to repeated warnings.

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