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Speakeasy: Arne Duncan more likely to be a stripper than a diplomat

November 28, 2012 | 4:49 pm | Modified: November 28, 2012 at 4:50 pm
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"Last week, the Onion said I was going to become a male stripper. The Onion is probably more accurate than Tom Friedman."

-- Education Secretary Arne Duncan, joking about New York Times columnist Tom Friedman's suggestion that Duncan is most qualified to be the next secretary of state. The Onion last week suggested that the secretary would be forced to start stripping to put the nation through school. Duncan made his remarks during a Q&A at the Foundation for Excellence in Education in Washington on Wednesday.

h/t: ABC News

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