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madfloridian

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13. Jeb and Arne "agree on everything important."

Reply to madfloridian (Original post)

Tue Feb 18, 2014, 08:19 AM

Feb 2014

A quote from Matt Yglesias in 2009:

"I'd like to see Republicans work closely with the Obama White House on education, an area where Jeb Bush and Arne Duncan, the secretary of education, agree on everything important." (Prospects for Bipartisanship Matt Yglesias)

http://scholasticadministrator.typepad.com/thisweekineducation/2009/10/quotes-jeb-bush-and-arne-duncan-agree-on-everything-important.html#.UwNdAWeYa1s

Unfortunately that is true.

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