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John Shimkus: “If you can't get the small things right, how do people trust you to do the big things in this issue?”

On the recordSeptember 10, 2012
If you can't get the small things right, how do people trust you to do the big things in this issue?
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John Shimkus
Republican · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Shimkus questions trust in DHS's ability to handle larger issues if smaller ones are mishandled.

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