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Jeanne Shaheen: “I just think it's important for us to recognize that that is going to have a huge impact on the efforts, if those cuts…”

On the recordFebruary 25, 2015
I just think it's important for us to recognize that that is going to have a huge impact on the efforts, if those cuts go forward, the impact on the national security side, because of the drugs coming in.
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire

Editor's note · Context

Shaheen emphasizes the national security risks of sequestration cuts affecting drug interdiction efforts.

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