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Adam Smith: “The critical thing is to make sure that we do much, much better than we have done now.”

On the recordJanuary 22, 2013
The critical thing is to make sure that we do much, much better than we have done now.
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Adam Smith
Democratic · Washington

Editor's note · Context

Stressing the need for improvement in military protection measures.

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