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Chuck Hagel: “Would debase the system, so we would get to the point where we couldn't govern ourselves.”

On the recordFebruary 1, 2010
Would debase the system, so we would get to the point where we couldn't govern ourselves.
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Chuck Hagel
Republican · Nebraska

Editor's note · Context

Hagel highlighted the risk of losing self-governance due to corporate influence.

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