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Tom Harkin: I think if you were to ask the average person on the street, say, 'Do you know about Head Start?' 'Oh, yeah. Everybody's…

On the recordApril 16, 2013
I think if you were to ask the average person on the street, say, 'Do you know about Head Start?' 'Oh, yeah. Everybody's heard of Head Start.'
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin highlights public awareness of Head Start as an early learning program.

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