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Bennie Thompson: “In layman's terms, what percent cargo that is coming to the United States right now is not scanned?”

On the recordFebruary 6, 2012
In layman's terms, what percent cargo that is coming to the United States right now is not scanned?
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi

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Thompson questions the scanning percentage of incoming cargo.

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