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Roger Wicker: “We might as well settle this on the record. How do you pronounce your last name?”

On the recordMarch 8, 2017
We might as well settle this on the record. How do you pronounce your last name?
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Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi

Editor's note · Context

Wicker humorously addresses a pronunciation issue with General Goldfein.

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