How in the world can we allow, in the year 2009, for us to say, that is just the way life is?
Jack Reed: “How in the world can we allow, in the year 2009, for us to say, that is just the way life is?”
On the recordJanuary 7, 2009
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Questions the acceptance of poor healthcare conditions in 2009.
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