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“It is Basic Management 101 that if you reward failure you are going to get more failure, and if you want success you should reward success. But if you look at the way this administration has approached national security, they have kind of got that principle backwards.”

Quote by Chris Van Hollen

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Chris Van Hollen

Chris Van Hollen is an experienced American politician, born on January 10, 1959. He is a long-serving U.S. Representative, dedicated to public service and policy-making. more

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