VPM/NPR: Full Disclosure with Roben Farzad: Blue Central

Aug 16, 2019

ROBEN FARZAD, FULL DISCLOSURE

Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger (VA 07) on pressing matters local, regional, national and global — from gun control to healthcare; China, Iran, Saudi Arabia; trade wars; and holding the Democratic center. In 2018, the former CIA officer became the first Democrat elected to her Congressional seat in 50 years — and the first woman ever.

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