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Tom Harkin: It is much, much harder to build this thing up than it is to tear it down.

On the recordJune 2, 2009
It is much, much harder to build this thing up than it is to tear it down.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Highlighting the challenges of maintaining school improvement.

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