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On the recordMay 20, 2015
I want to submit for the record an extraordinary speech by Robert Gates in 1992, when he was head of the CIA, on the danger of the politicization of intelligence.
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Angus King
Independent · Maine

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Senator King highlights a significant speech by Robert Gates regarding intelligence politicization.

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