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Such a small percentage of our population carry the burden of knowing what's really going on in our country's name, and I think that unless that's out in the open and people are discussing it, then our healthy democracy is not so healthy.
Lisa Ling
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Lisa Ling
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: August 30
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Sacramento
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Lisa J. Ling
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