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I didn't know how we were going to get jobs out of NAFTA, but I tend to be suspicious of these things, like NAFTAs and WTOs and so on.
Barbara Mikulski
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Barbara Mikulski
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: July 20
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United States Senator
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Baltimore
Maryland
Barbara Ann Mikulski
Barbara A. Mikulski
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