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I am emphatically against the privatization of Social Security. It is going to hurt millions of American women, American families and ultimately the whole country
Barbara Mikulski
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Barbara Mikulski
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: July 20
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Baltimore
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Barbara Ann Mikulski
Barbara A. Mikulski
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