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Claire McCaskill: “Prevention is really hard. As somebody who has spent a lot of time in law enforcement, I know it is hard to quantify…”

On the recordSeptember 26, 2016
Prevention is really hard. As somebody who has spent a lot of time in law enforcement, I know it is hard to quantify when you are successful.
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Claire McCaskill
Democratic · Missouri

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McCaskill discusses the challenges of quantifying success in prevention efforts.

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