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James Longley: “Just to pick up on one example, I think if someone asked me what has bothered me the most perhaps since I came to…”

On the recordMarch 6, 1996
Just to pick up on one example, I think if someone asked me what has bothered me the most perhaps since I came to Washington, I have to say the lack of honesty, the lack of directness, being candid about the difficult issues that we are confronting.
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James Longley
Republican · Maine

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Addressing concerns about honesty and directness in political discourse.

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