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Joe Manchin: If you can't change your mind, you can't change anything.

On the recordJanuary 30, 2013
If you can't change your mind, you can't change anything.
Said by
Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Manchin reflects on the importance of adaptability in effecting change.

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