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Gary Peters: “If you do not have truth, how do you survive as a democratic society?”

On the recordMarch 28, 2017
If you do not have truth, how do you survive as a democratic society?
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Gary Peters
Democratic · Michigan

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Peters emphasizes the importance of truth for democracy amidst Russian threats.

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