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Eric Holder: “We spend billions of dollars on trying to prevent and--trying to disrupt these threats, billions to try to stop them…”

On the recordJuly 14, 2015
We spend billions of dollars on trying to prevent and--trying to disrupt these threats, billions to try to stop them, but very little on prevention.
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Eric Holder
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Eric Holder critiques the lack of funding for preventive measures against extremism.

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