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Jon Tester: “It takes zero tolerance. I do not even like the appearance of not being independent.”

On the recordMay 4, 2015
It takes zero tolerance. I do not even like the appearance of not being independent.
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Jon Tester
Democratic · Montana

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Tester stresses the need for independence in investigations.

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