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Hillary Clinton: “I think that that is a matter of great importance to this committee, because the first line of our homeland defense are…”

On the recordMarch 12, 2002
I think that that is a matter of great importance to this committee, because the first line of our homeland defense are those local responders, so we have to figure out how we are going to help local communities be able to confront that.
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Hillary Clinton
Democratic · New York
Source
congress.gov
Jul 25, 2025

Editor's note · Context

Emphasizing the importance of local responders in homeland defense.

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