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Joe Wilson: “We hear all the time that we just can't make a difference, but we can in a huge country; 40 million people.”

On the recordMarch 5, 2012
We hear all the time that we just can't make a difference, but we can in a huge country; 40 million people.
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Joe Wilson
Republican · South Carolina

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Highlighting the positive impact of U.S. involvement in Colombia.

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