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Joe Manchin: We didn't know what went on. And I asked my security people with me. And I said, what is happening? And they didn't…

On the recordJanuary 3, 2006
We didn't know what went on. And I asked my security people with me. And I said, what is happening? And they didn't know, because we hadn't heard anything.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

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Governor Joe Manchin expressed confusion and concern about the lack of information regarding the miners' situation.

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