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Angus King: “It's often easy, politically, to talk about shrinking the government, and hiring freezes, and fewer people.”

On the recordDecember 11, 2017
It's often easy, politically, to talk about shrinking the government, and hiring freezes, and fewer people.
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Angus King
Independent · Maine

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Discussing the political implications of government downsizing on permitting processes.

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