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Mike DeWine: “I'm very happy with Steve Dakin, who heads up that…”

Featuring: Mike DeWine, Republican | Governor of Ohio

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You know, we haven't totally defined his roles, but, you know, that will certainly be one of the. One of the areas that he will be working on. I don't look, for example, to, you know, I'm very happy with Steve Dakin, who heads up that department, and, you know, as far as K through 12. And I'm not, you know, not going to change that. But he's. He's going to be, I think, very, very valuable to us. I've watched him work with the business community, and historically, sometimes the business community and the education folks didn't talk a lot when he went to Youngstown State. (19:14–19:26)

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Asserts satisfaction with Steve Dakin's leadership of the Department of Education and no plans to change it.

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