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On the recordOctober 23, 2017
With the mid-term elections less than 5 months away, he must make it clear that election security is the top National security priority and push Republicans in Congress to do more.
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi

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Thompson calls for urgent action on election security ahead of mid-term elections.

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