Bennie Thompson actually said...

However, just a little over a month into the Trump administration, the President, through his ill-conceived and hasty U.S. counterterrorism policies seeks to weaken counterterrorism defenses built over the 16 years since 9/11.

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Thompson criticizes Trump's counterterrorism policies as detrimental to national security.

02/27/2017

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