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Bill Bennett is former Education Secretary, drug czar and head of the National Endowment for the Humanities under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush.

Recent statements involving Bill Bennett

"Four percent of American citizens are black males, but they are 35 percent of murder victims."

Recent stories featuring Bill Bennett

Gates incident spurs discussion on race, crime:

Pundits are talking after last week's arrest of African-American scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. We check their facts.

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