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A free and truly independent press - fiercely independent when necessary - is the red beating heart of freedom and democracy.


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DAN GLICKMAN There's a tremendous intellectual fervor among independent filmmakers, and that has to be cultiv...
DAN GLICKMAN Meat and poultry is safe. It's safer than it's probably ever been.
DAN GLICKMAN If China wants to be a constructive, active player in the world economy, it's got to respect int...
DAN GLICKMAN I don't think we can go back to the old days. But I think that what the government needs to do i...
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