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Tom Harkin: I do think it's wrong to have this hearing in private, and all of us try to figure out traipse behind to figure out what…

On the recordMay 19, 2010
I do think it's wrong to have this hearing in private, and all of us try to figure out traipse behind to figure out what happened.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin expresses concern about the private nature of the hearing.

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