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Barack Obama: Are we going to eliminate all drug flows? Are we going to eliminate all guns coming over the border? That's not a…

On the recordApril 15, 2009
Are we going to eliminate all drug flows? Are we going to eliminate all guns coming over the border? That's not a realistic objective. What is a realistic objective is to reduce it so significantly, so drastically, that it becomes, once again, a localized criminal problem as opposed to a major structural problem that threatens stability in communities along those borders.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Obama addresses the challenges of drug trafficking and gun control in discussions with the Mexican President.

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