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Claire McCaskill: It does not make sense that we pay them for it since we did it in the first place.

On the recordJune 19, 2013
It does not make sense that we pay them for it since we did it in the first place.
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Claire McCaskill
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

McCaskill expresses confusion over paying contractors for clearances already provided.

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