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Tommy Thompson: “We were there before anybody else with the federal…”

Featuring: Tommy Thompson, Conservative | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Wisconsin

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Ep26 - HHS Then & Now with Tommy Thompson

Published | Video Starts at 05:03

It was like a whole new world. And people were just so concerned, but they were so pro America and so pro that you and I were there. And immediately We were there before anybody else with the federal government, [Howard Zucker and Tommy Thompson], the team to help out whenever we could. I remember the American flags were all along that west street, all the way down. Then we went back up. I remember it so well. I Know, it's very, very sad. (05:03–05:11)

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