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On the recordMarch 1, 2011
We need to stop these drugs in the transit zone where we can pick up that 6.6 million tons of cocaine.
Said by
Mary Landrieu
Democratic · Louisiana

Editor's note · Context

Emphasizing the importance of intercepting drugs before they reach Central America.

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