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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “I am far less interested in the numbers than I am in the controversy surrounding that list.”

On the recordDecember 9, 2015
I am far less interested in the numbers than I am in the controversy surrounding that list.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton emphasizes the importance of the controversy over the terrorist watch list rather than its numbers.

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