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Hillary Clinton: “If we're talking about women, children, orphans who are fleeing horrific violence, that's a different category than…”

On the recordJuly 13, 2016
If we're talking about women, children, orphans who are fleeing horrific violence, that's a different category than young men or people who have some record that can be ferreted out.
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Hillary Clinton
Democratic · New York

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Hillary Clinton discusses the vetting process for refugees and differentiates between categories of individuals.

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