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Bennie Thompson: “National security should not be a partisan issue, and it is certainly not in this subcommittee.”

On the recordSeptember 26, 2018
National security should not be a partisan issue, and it is certainly not in this subcommittee.
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi

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Thompson emphasizes the importance of bipartisanship in national security matters.

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