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Joe Lieberman: “I take it, then, and you said this, I believe, or suggested it, anyway, in your testimony, that you would find what the…”

On the recordApril 11, 2002
I take it, then, and you said this, I believe, or suggested it, anyway, in your testimony, that you would find what the press is reporting, which is that Governor Ridge's original proposal for consolidation of the border agencies, which has now been reduced to the point of putting the Border Patrol and Customs in the Justice Department, not to be enough.
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Joe Lieberman
Independent · Connecticut
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Apr 11, 2002

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Discussing concerns about border agency consolidation under the Justice Department.

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