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On the recordJanuary 19, 2010
What worries me about that approach is it seems to me to not really be risk-based and to encourage terrorists to travel through other countries or use citizens of countries that are not on the 14-country list.
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine

Editor's note · Context

Concerns about the effectiveness of additional screening for certain countries.

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