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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “The committee found--and here I am quoting--``a staffing crisis that poses perhaps the greatest threat to the agency.''”

On the recordNovember 14, 2016
The committee found--and here I am quoting--``a staffing crisis that poses perhaps the greatest threat to the agency.''
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton highlights a bipartisan report's findings on staffing issues in the Secret Service.

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