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Tom Harkin: That is what I kind of resent is how it has become political.

On the recordMay 11, 2011
That is what I kind of resent is how it has become political.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

Editor's note · Context

Harkin expresses frustration over the politicization of the Boeing labor issue.

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