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On the recordSeptember 28, 2010
We have to sort of think about what are the priority areas, knowing full well that we can't guarantee absolute, 100-percent protection against anything.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Discussing the impossibility of complete protection against bioterrorism threats.

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