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Mike Capuano: “How did the great country, the great United States, fall so far behind the rest of the world?”

On the recordDecember 12, 2012
How did the great country, the great United States, fall so far behind the rest of the world?
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Mike Capuano
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Capuano questions the U.S. lagging in high-speed rail compared to other countries.

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