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On the recordJuly 5, 2016
I think it is as important as anything else that is being done, and everything else... can be done successfully... and still, if we do not deal with this threat of the disinformation online and the radicalization that is going on, we will not be successful.
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Rob Portman
Republican · Ohio

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Portman stresses the critical need to combat online disinformation for overall success.

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