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Ed Markey: “The decision to exclude reporters from your trip falls into a broader pattern of efforts by the Trump administration to…”

On the recordMarch 9, 2017
The decision to exclude reporters from your trip falls into a broader pattern of efforts by the Trump administration to sideline and undermine the press.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sen. Markey criticizes Rex Tillerson's decision to exclude reporters from his trip, linking it to a broader pattern of undermining the press by the Trump administration.

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