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Patrick Leahy: “The issue of whether we are creating a school-to-prison pipeline is something of pressing national importance, no matter…”

On the recordDecember 11, 2012
The issue of whether we are creating a school-to-prison pipeline is something of pressing national importance, no matter what part of the country you come from.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy emphasizes the national significance of the school-to-prison pipeline issue.

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