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Angus King: “So a long-term strategy, not a short-term emergency strategy, is what we really need to be looking at.”

On the recordFebruary 3, 2014
So a long-term strategy, not a short-term emergency strategy, is what we really need to be looking at.
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Angus King
Independent · Maine

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Senator King advocates for a long-term approach to fiscal policy.

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