We've got activists all across the country like the members of the Million Mom March organization, some of their leaders are here tonight. We're phone banking congressional offices and pursuing editorial boards.
Michael D. BarnesAbout author
- Author's profession: Politician
- Nationality: american
- Born: September 3, 1943
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