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Jim Webb: For every slot that is given to one person, it is arguably taken away from someone else.

On the recordJanuary 14, 2009
For every slot that is given to one person, it is arguably taken away from someone else.
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Jim Webb
Democratic · Virginia

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Webb discusses the competitive nature of admissions to the Naval Academy.

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