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Tom Vilsack: “It is a complicated problem. It is one that requires a series of steps.”

On the recordMarch 8, 2016
It is a complicated problem. It is one that requires a series of steps.
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Tom Vilsack
Democratic · Iowa

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Vilsack discusses the complexity of addressing the opioid epidemic.

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