On the recordMarch 1, 2010
I think the hardest, almost the hardest question is when do you say, 'No, that does not feel to us like a legitimate national security question; you just do not like being criticized'?
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Durbin discusses the challenge of distinguishing legitimate national security concerns from criticism.
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