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Chris Smith: If we in America aren't vigilant about explaining and educating and ourselves understanding what it is that we have if…

On the recordFebruary 26, 2013
If we in America aren't vigilant about explaining and educating and ourselves understanding what it is that we have if, in fact, it is worth having and worth fighting for--if we don't understand it and require our children to understand it, America will evaporate.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith emphasizes the need for vigilance in understanding American values to prevent societal decline.

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