Jim Clyburn: “Instead of building on the policies that have served us so well, we…”

On the recordSeptember 12, 2011

Instead of building on the policies that have served us so well, we embarked upon two wars, one of which was dubious at best.

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Democratic · South Carolina

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Clyburn criticizes the shift from successful policies to questionable military engagements.

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