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Michael Bennet: “Then he went and became president of National Public Radio.”

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 12:11

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. Then he went and became president of National Public Radio. So do the math. But WIDA was founded during Reagan's first term, when the United States was led the global trading order and our principal adversary was beginning to collapse under its own contradiction. (12:11–12:15)

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