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Jon Tester: “The threats of people wanting to do damage to the homeland have raised, and they were not necessarily--”

On the recordMay 17, 2016
The threats of people wanting to do damage to the homeland have raised, and they were not necessarily--
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Jon Tester
Democratic · Montana

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Tester emphasizes increasing threats to homeland security.

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