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Erskine Bowles: Trust used to be the coin of the realm around here. Let me tell you, the coin of trust is severely tarnished in this…

On the recordJanuary 6, 2011
Trust used to be the coin of the realm around here. Let me tell you, the coin of trust is severely tarnished in this place, which is very sad.
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Erskine Bowles
North Carolina

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Erskine Bowles reflects on the decline of trust in politics.

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