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John F. Kelly: “Bottom line, I have been enjoined from doing things that I know would make America safer, and I anxiously await the…”

On the recordJune 6, 2017
Bottom line, I have been enjoined from doing things that I know would make America safer, and I anxiously await the courts to once again allow the Executive branch to do its Constitutional duty and protect Americans from all threats, foreign and domestic.
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John F. Kelly

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John F. Kelly expresses frustration over legal restrictions impacting national security efforts.

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