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Eleanor Holmes Norton: What bothers me most of all is that they would have anything but the kind of role that it seems to me they should have.

On the recordJuly 7, 2009
What bothers me most of all is that they would have anything but the kind of role that it seems to me they should have.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton expresses concern over the roles assigned in security decision-making.

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