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Bob Menendez: “I view my job is to speak to truth to power, and if power does not like to hear it, then I can be outranked clearly in…”

On the recordFebruary 10, 2016
I view my job is to speak to truth to power, and if power does not like to hear it, then I can be outranked clearly in the State Department, but I will speak that truth.
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey

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Menendez emphasizes the importance of speaking truth to power in his role.

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