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On the recordJanuary 20, 2010
if we, as a nation, tolerate certain activities by closed systems that have a great deal of power, then these emerging governments will see that there is no accountability for negative behavior.
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Jim Webb
Democratic · Virginia

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Jim Webb warns against tolerating negative behaviors from powerful closed systems.

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