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Sheldon Whitehouse: “I think Neville Chamberlain's Willful Blindness has justly earned the opprobrium of history.”

On the recordFebruary 22, 2010
I think Neville Chamberlain's Willful Blindness has justly earned the opprobrium of history.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Whitehouse compares current climate denial to historical political failures.

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