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Al Franken: Well, I think it's pretty useless when 15 people were killed, but they can write down that no one was killed.

On the recordJune 9, 2010
Well, I think it's pretty useless when 15 people were killed, but they can write down that no one was killed.
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Al Franken
Democratic · Minnesota

Editor's note · Context

Franken criticizes misleading safety statistics after a deadly incident.

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