On the recordApril 1, 2009
I thought your service in the White House was exemplary, and you were always available to counsel on a bipartisan basis or a nonpartisan basis about what we ought to do to protect the homeland.
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congress.govJane Harman: “I thought your service in the White House was exemplary, and you were always available to counsel on a bipartisan basis…”
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Harman praises Fran Townsend's service and expertise in homeland security.
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