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On the recordJanuary 31, 2017
I am kind of a certainty freak because I was a mayor and Governor, and I always felt like if I could be certain everybody would at least know what to adjust to, it is hard to adjust to an asterisk or a question mark.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

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Kaine expresses the importance of certainty in governance and budgeting.

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