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On the recordApril 12, 2010
As Chairman Harkin has pointed out, there are 2,000 high schools where graduation is not the norm when it needs to be a necessity.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin emphasizes the critical issue of high school graduation rates.

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