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Barbara Boxer: “I am completely flummoxed. This is a big and important issue, and this business of a cost-benefit analysis when you are…”

On the recordJanuary 29, 2014
I am completely flummoxed. This is a big and important issue, and this business of a cost-benefit analysis when you are dealing with a potential terror attack and a takeover of a nuclear plant? You have got to be kidding.
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Barbara Boxer
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Expressing frustration over the lack of urgency regarding nuclear security measures.

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