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Hillary Clinton: “I would say maybe we don't get it right 100 percent of the time, but I am willing to bet we get it right 90 percent.”

On the recordMarch 8, 2017
I would say maybe we don't get it right 100 percent of the time, but I am willing to bet we get it right 90 percent.
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Hillary Clinton
Democratic · New York

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Defends public media's effectiveness despite occasional shortcomings.

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