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(CNSNews.com) � Education Secretary Arne Duncan admitted on 
Thursday that he doesn�t know what the word �tautology� means, 
while appearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and 
Pensions Committee on his use of state flexibility waivers for 
the No Child Left Behind Act.

During Thursday�s hearing Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) asked that 
it be entered into the record that he realized his use of the 
words �added addition� was �a tautology.� To which Duncan 
replied, �I don�t know what tautology means, so��

Tautology is defined as �linguistic redundancy: the redundant 
repetition of a meaning in a sentence, using different words.�

�May I have � just in my record that I realize that �added 
addition� is a tautology. I said that earlier in my question � 
so, an added addition. Is that a tautology? What is it? Okay, 
I�ll submit that question to a grammar,� Franken said.

�I don�t know what tautology means,� Duncan said.

�A redundancy, a redundancy,� Franken explained. �I�m sorry to 
have wasted everyone�s time.�

The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 was signed into law in 2002 
by President George W. Bush, as a reauthorization of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

Duncan appeared before the committee to explain his use of 
flexibility waivers for those states that do not meet the 
criteria of the No Child Left Behind Act so that those states 
can still receive federal education funding until the program is 
reauthorized.

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/what-does-tautology-mean-
education-secretary-doesn-t-know

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