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Carl Levin: “We are talking about names of accounts outside of the United States where American--some Americans who do not want to be…”

On the recordFebruary 25, 2014
We are talking about names of accounts outside of the United States where American--some Americans who do not want to be full Americans, and instead they want to evade their obligations--get involved in tax evasion.
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Carl Levin
Democratic · Michigan

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Levin discusses tax evasion by Americans with foreign accounts.

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