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Capitol Lens | The former secretaries club

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By Bill Clark
Posted January 30, 2024 at 5:45pm

Former Obama administration Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, left, and former Trump administration Secretary of State Mike Pompeo are sworn in during a House Select Committee hearing on the Chinese Communist Party in the Cannon Office Building on Tuesday.

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