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Robert Byrd: “The Bush administration's official position was that the Department could be created at no cost, no cost to the…”

On the recordMay 12, 2009
The Bush administration's official position was that the Department could be created at no cost, no cost to the taxpayers.
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Robert Byrd

Editor's note · Context

Byrd critiques the Bush administration's claim about the cost of establishing the Department of Homeland Security.

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