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On the recordMarch 20, 2012
There is another aspect of your agency. Most people might think about it instantly, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), and it oversees economic sanctions against targeted foreign countries and regimes, terrorists, and other threats to America.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin highlights OFAC's role in overseeing economic sanctions.

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