Hearing On Aarp S Organizational Structure Management And Finances

Hearing on AARP's organizational structure, management, and finances: hearing before the Subcommittee on Health and the Subcommittee on Oversight of the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session, April 1, 2011.

Hearing on AARP's organizational structure, management, and finances: hearing before the Subcommittee on Health and the Subcommittee on Oversight of the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session, April 1, 2011.

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