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W. Todd Akin: Did you know there was a report that was done on the Department of Education? I think it was during the days of Ronald…

On the recordFebruary 24, 2010
Did you know there was a report that was done on the Department of Education? I think it was during the days of Ronald Reagan. Their conclusion in the report was that if a foreign country had done to America what the Department of Education had done to education, we would consider it an act of war. I thought that was kind of an interesting report that we're paying money for a department that has done what would be considered an act of war.
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W. Todd Akin
Missouri
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Feb 24, 2010

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The speaker discusses a report on the Department of Education's impact on American education.

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