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Paul Tonko: “Just because a facility is not covered by CFATS does that mean it is not a potential target by terrorists?”

On the recordJune 13, 2018
Just because a facility is not covered by CFATS does that mean it is not a potential target by terrorists?
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Paul Tonko
Democratic · New York

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Questioning the security risks of facilities exempt from CFATS.

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