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Yvette Clarke: A true example of cutting off your nose to spite your face.

On the recordDecember 11, 2013
A true example of cutting off your nose to spite your face.
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Yvette Clarke
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Clarke reiterates the foolishness of the funding cuts affecting CBP.

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