On the recordOctober 20, 2015
We are talking about 10,000 people, I am committed that we do it carefully, and we vet these people as carefully as we can.
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congress.govWe are talking about 10,000 people, I am committed that we do it carefully, and we vet these people as carefully as we can.
Emphasizing the need for careful vetting of refugees amid security concerns.
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He is moving the goalpost. He and his supporters would rather have this issue as a campaign issue than to actually take the opportunity that Lankford and Murphy have presented them to solve the problem.
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