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Former Texas Governor Rick Perry said he was unable to remember one of the three federal agencies he is vowing to close if elected president, during the CNBC Republican presidential debate in Rochester, Michigan, November 9, 2011
Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011

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  • RICK PERRY,
  • Texas governor and Republican presidential contender, after he forgot one of the government agencies he had pledged to scrap in the GOP debate on Wednesday
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