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On the recordFebruary 9, 2011
On February 10, 2011, I, along with some of my colleagues, sent Secretary Napolitano a letter asking that DHS deploy sophisticated military radar technology along the northern border to catch low-flying aircraft that would otherwise not be caught with the current technology DHS uses.
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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York

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Schumer advocates for advanced radar technology to combat drug smuggling via low-flying planes.

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