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On the recordDecember 9, 2009
The 2009 National Southwest Border Counternarcotics Strategy noted an even greater threat to our homeland security, and that is, the possibility of collaboration between drug cartels and terrorist groups.
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine

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Susan Collins warns about potential collaboration between drug cartels and terrorists.

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