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	Ethics Panel Chief Vows High Standards

spirithiker

1-22-2009 6:34 PM

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politics, ethics

spirithiker says:

Haven’t we heard this before?

Lord knows they are going to have plenty of opportunities practice what they preach.

Hopefully we can look forward to something more than Déjà vu.

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