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Jon Tester: “If we are going to cut an additional 300, it looks to me like we are putting something at risk here.”

On the recordMarch 7, 2016
If we are going to cut an additional 300, it looks to me like we are putting something at risk here.
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Jon Tester
Democratic · Montana

Editor's note · Context

Tester expresses concern over proposed cuts to border staffing.

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