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Joe Barton: “So those socioeconomic factors might be the reason that until the radical environmentalists begin to protest...”

On the recordJanuary 24, 2012
So those socioeconomic factors might be the reason that until the radical environmentalists begin to protest...
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Joe Barton
Republican · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Barton suggests environmental protests influenced the State Department's decision.

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