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Gravel: "Secrecy Will Kill Our Government"

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· Story link Saying "secrecy will kill our government," presidential candidate Mike Gravel, the former Democratic senator from Alaska, has…

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Saying “secrecy will kill our government,” presidential candidate Mike Gravel, the former Democratic senator from Alaska, has promised a much more open administration that has been witnessed in Washington in recent years. In fact, he’s pledging a quantum leap it’s not likely he’ll be asked to make: “If I become president, one of the things I will do — 95 percent of what the government hides, I will release it.” (1/4/08)

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