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On the recordMay 16, 2012
If Homeland Security and the military did not know the ship was this close to the United States and it was just floating unmanned--I doubt they did not know this.
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Mark Begich
Democratic · Alaska

Editor's note · Context

Begich expresses concern about military awareness of a floating ship near the U.S.

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