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Michael Bennet: “The two years before that he was Assistant Secretary of…”

Featuring: Michael Bennet, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Colorado

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2025 WITA/WITF Annual Dinner - Senator Michael Bennet, Congressional Leadership Award

Published | Video Starts at 11:49

By the way, it is true, Chris said, my dad ran aid for two years in the Carter administration before Ronald Reagan was elected president. And The two years before that he was Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations when Jimmy Carter sold the Senate on the Panama Canal Treaty. So my poor expired father seems to have done something that Donald Trump does not appreciate. Anyway, it's wonderful to remember him and his legacy tonight. (11:49–12:00)

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Asserts that Michael Bennet's father was Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations during the Panama Canal Treaty negotiations.

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