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Tom Harkin: So why did this happen? Why did this happen? Why wouldn't they have gone--I mean, Centers for Disease Control and…

On the recordApril 27, 2009
So why did this happen? Why did this happen? Why wouldn't they have gone--I mean, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is the gold standard in the world.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin questions why flu samples were sent to Canada instead of the CDC.

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