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Claire McCaskill: I think most people would be surprised that if you knew that someone that was a contractor for the U.S. Government... it…

On the recordJune 9, 2009
I think most people would be surprised that if you knew that someone that was a contractor for the U.S. Government... it would seem to me that somebody would go, we need to ask some questions here because it may be that we have got criminals working for us.
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Claire McCaskill
Democratic · Missouri

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McCaskill expresses concern about contractor misconduct and the need for accountability.

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