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Angus King: “I have always thought it was ironic that we seem to be losing the information war, and we are the people that invented…”

On the recordJuly 12, 2017
I have always thought it was ironic that we seem to be losing the information war, and we are the people that invented Facebook and Hollywood.
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Angus King
Independent · Maine

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Senator King comments on the irony of losing the information war despite U.S. innovations.

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