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Dick Durbin: “90 percent of the weapons that we traced that the Mexicans recover are source state here in the United States.”

On the recordMarch 16, 2009
90 percent of the weapons that we traced that the Mexicans recover are source state here in the United States.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Durbin highlights the significant role of U.S. weapons in Mexican violence.

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