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John McCain: On the subject of the permanent checkpoint--and I cannot make Congressman Colby's argument as convincingly as he…

On the recordMarch 24, 2009
On the subject of the permanent checkpoint--and I cannot make Congressman Colby's argument as convincingly as he did--but his argument was we establish a permanent checkpoint and the drug dealers and the human smugglers know about it and they just simply go around.
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John McCain
Republican · Arizona

Editor's note · Context

McCain references an argument against permanent checkpoints.

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