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Tom Harkin: The jobs crisis in education is real. This is not something 'maybe if.' It is happening right now, and it is real.

On the recordMarch 9, 2010
The jobs crisis in education is real. This is not something 'maybe if.' It is happening right now, and it is real.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin emphasizes the urgent national education jobs crisis.

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