On the recordJanuary 7, 2019
We can only interdict one-fourth, 25 percent, of the boatloads of drugs that we know are coming by water from Latin America because of lack of resources.
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transcripts.cnn.comAngus King: “We can only interdict one-fourth, 25 percent, of the boatloads of drugs that we know are coming by water from Latin…”
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Senator Angus King points out the inefficiency in drug interdiction efforts and argues against prioritizing wall funding.
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