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On the recordMarch 23, 2004
My view was that this administration, while it listened to me, didn't either believe me that there was an urgent problem or was unprepared to act as though there were an urgent problem.

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Richard Clarke expressed frustration with the Bush administration's response to terrorism during his testimony.

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