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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “This is perhaps--I mean, this is a tremendous deficit for one of the most significant regions in the country.”

On the recordApril 2, 2009
This is perhaps--I mean, this is a tremendous deficit for one of the most significant regions in the country.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton highlights the critical communication deficits among law enforcement in the region.

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