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Bennie Thompson: “I guess I am not trying to do semantics, Mr. Pistole. Right now, some of us see that as a problem, that we can still…”

On the recordMarch 13, 2013
I guess I am not trying to do semantics, Mr. Pistole. Right now, some of us see that as a problem, that we can still train people to fly who are on the no-fly list.
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi

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Thompson expresses concern about training individuals on the no-fly list to fly.

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