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Janet Napolitano: “The effort to minimize this issue as a 'border issue' or to suggest that the American people, as a whole, do not have a…”

On the recordMarch 24, 2009
The effort to minimize this issue as a 'border issue' or to suggest that the American people, as a whole, do not have a stake in this would be misleading.
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Janet Napolitano

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Napolitano emphasizes the widespread impact of drug cartels beyond just border areas.

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