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Susan Collins: “Obviously, our government's first priority is to protect our people against terrorism, and the public will accept a…”

On the recordNovember 15, 2010
Obviously, our government's first priority is to protect our people against terrorism, and the public will accept a certain level of intrusion and inconvenience.
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine

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Collins states the government's priority is terrorism protection, accepting some public inconvenience.

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