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On the recordMay 14, 2003
I have not been to Hale Center, Texas, lately. I think I recall they have a small cotton gin there. I know they have got maybe a drug store, a health center, perhaps known as a center for an al Qaeda cell, perhaps?
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John Bel Edwards
Democratic · Louisiana

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Discussing the community features of Hale Center, Texas.

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