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Joe Manchin: If it happened a mile down the track, it would have wiped out a whole town.

On the recordMarch 2, 2015
If it happened a mile down the track, it would have wiped out a whole town.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Manchin discusses the potential devastation from a recent train accident in West Virginia.

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