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On the recordFebruary 26, 2013
I think we've all been through this before. You get the situation where--Senator Thune and I are working on this--that--called cybersecurity, when it's the greatest national security threat, it is greatly in advance of terrorism of 11--you know, 9/11s, et cetera, but somehow it doesn't get through to the American people, so we're trying to do something about it.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

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Blumenthal emphasizes cybersecurity as a major national security threat.

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