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Jon Tester: “Whatever one thinks of Edward Snowden, it looks to me as if we have also got a big problem that is internal, not…”

On the recordJune 11, 2013
Whatever one thinks of Edward Snowden, it looks to me as if we have also got a big problem that is internal, not external.
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Jon Tester
Democratic · Montana

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Tester highlights internal security issues following the Snowden incident.

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