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Tom Harkin: You only get one chance at that, and if we fail our kids, that means we fail our future.

On the recordApril 13, 2010
You only get one chance at that, and if we fail our kids, that means we fail our future.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin warns about the long-term consequences of failing to invest in education.

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