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Rand Paul: “If you are rejecting 5 percent of State Department visas, maybe that means you are just doing a good supplementary job…”

On the recordJune 8, 2011
If you are rejecting 5 percent of State Department visas, maybe that means you are just doing a good supplementary job to the State Department. However, if you are rejecting 30 percent, maybe it means the State Department is not doing a very good job.
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Rand Paul
Republican · Kentucky

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Senator Paul discusses the implications of visa rejection rates on State Department performance.

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