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Al Franken: “How are you going to get anything done if there's no institutional memory.”

On the recordNovember 30, 2010
How are you going to get anything done if there's no institutional memory.
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Al Franken
Democratic · Minnesota

Editor's note · Context

Franken highlights the importance of institutional memory for effective governance.

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