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On the recordSeptember 16, 2014
If an ambassador at a high-risk, high-threat post picks up the phone and calls the seventh floor of the State Department today asking for additional security, physical or personnel, who ultimately makes the decision to grant or deny that request?
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Martha Roby
Republican · Alabama

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Roby questions the decision-making process for security requests at high-risk posts.

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