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Eleanor Holmes Norton: What costs a thousand dollars? You can't even get in those gates.

On the recordJuly 7, 2009
What costs a thousand dollars? You can't even get in those gates.
Said by
Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Challenging the justification for high costs of Secret Service office space.

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