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Micro managing anything is not a great role for government.

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William Weld
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 31
Lawyer
Novelist
Politician
Smithtown
New York
William F. Weld
William Floyd Weld
William Floyd Bill Weld
William Weld
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I talk with Gary [Johnson] every other day, we're on different coasts usually but we keep in touch and - yeah, no I do not agree with that release.
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