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Joe Lieberman: “I think that is a great priority for you to commit yourself to because there is a way that when a high-risk report comes…”

On the recordNovember 17, 2010
I think that is a great priority for you to commit yourself to because there is a way that when a high-risk report comes out, the agencies on it suffer some bad publicity for a day, and then for some of them, unless there is a driving follow-up mechanism such as the one you have described, it just goes away until the next report.
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Joe Lieberman
Independent · Connecticut

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Lieberman emphasizes the importance of follow-up on high-risk reports to ensure accountability.

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