Political Quotes

On the recordSeptember 10, 2019
It is ironic that the FBI, when they first became an agency, one of the first big cases that they solved were the Osage murders in Oklahoma Indian Country.
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Deb Haaland
Democratic · New Mexico

Editor's note · Context

Haaland points out the historical significance of the FBI's early cases in Indian Country.

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