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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “Why do you want to build this across a number of states in the United States rather than consolidate it?”

On the recordFebruary 14, 2018
Why do you want to build this across a number of states in the United States rather than consolidate it?
Said by
Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the decision to spread FBI functions across multiple states instead of consolidating them.

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