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Angus King: “The reason I ask that question is that we hear about tests that don't work, and yet on the other hand I hear we can…”

On the recordApril 16, 2013
The reason I ask that question is that we hear about tests that don't work, and yet on the other hand I hear we can protect the Homeland.
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Angus King
Independent · Maine

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Senator King questions the reliability of defense tests versus claims of homeland protection.

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