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Porter Goss: “If the gentleman is addressing me as ``the gentleman from Florida,'' is the gentleman asking, do we want to keep the…”

On the recordJune 9, 1999
If the gentleman is addressing me as ``the gentleman from Florida,'' is the gentleman asking, do we want to keep the troops in Haiti to stop Haitians from leaving the oppression in Haiti? Is that what this is about?
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Porter Goss
Florida

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Questioning the rationale for U.S. troop presence in Haiti during a debate.

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