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Maggie Hassan: “This is an outrage and a preventable situation that should never have gotten to this point.”

On the recordJuly 19, 2021
This is an outrage and a preventable situation that should never have gotten to this point.
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Maggie Hassan
Democratic · New Hampshire

Editor's note · Context

Hassan expresses outrage over the treatment of disabled athletes at the Tokyo Paralympics.

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