On the recordDecember 14, 2015
We are now in a time when we need more tools, not less tools; and that tool we lost, the Meta Data Program, was a valuable tool we no longer have at our disposal.
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transcripts.cnn.comMarco Rubio: “We are now in a time when we need more tools, not less tools; and that tool we lost, the Meta Data Program, was a…”
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Rubio emphasizes the need for more intelligence tools to combat terrorism.
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