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Angus King: “We have got to figure out how to adapt to it, not fight it and strangle it in its crib.”

On the recordMarch 16, 2015
We have got to figure out how to adapt to it, not fight it and strangle it in its crib.
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Angus King
Independent · Maine

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Senator King calls for adaptation to disruptive technology in energy.

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