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Prevention is likely to be more cost-effective than surveillance, trials, or wars.

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Thompson emphasizes the cost-effectiveness of prevention over traditional counterterrorism methods.

07/14/2015

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Bennie Gordon Thompson
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usa, Mississippi

2,661 Quotes

Born1/28/1948 (age 77)

PartyDemocratic

  • U.S. House of Representatives

    1/5/1993 - present
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