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Alec Baldwin Campaigns For More Arts Funding

Published April 17, 2012 at 2:00 AM MDT
Actor Alec Baldwin speaks at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., on Monday.
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Actor Alec Baldwin speaks at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., on Monday.

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