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Colin Powell: “My bottom-line answer is the nation is still at risk. Terrorists are out there. They are trying to get through. But to…”

On the recordFebruary 21, 2010
My bottom-line answer is the nation is still at risk. Terrorists are out there. They are trying to get through. But to suggest that somehow we have become much less safer because of the actions of the administration, I don't think are borne out by the facts.
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Colin Powell

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Colin Powell responds to Dick Cheney's claims about President Obama's impact on national security.

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