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Susan Collins: “We had to do some really bold things to make sure, to the best of our ability, that we would not be as vulnerable as we…”

On the recordJune 16, 2015
We had to do some really bold things to make sure, to the best of our ability, that we would not be as vulnerable as we were on September 11, 2001.
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine

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Highlights the urgency for national security reforms post-9/11.

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