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Yvette Clarke: “I find it troubling that we would want to move a military operation, such as the National Guard, to our borders to…”

On the recordJune 23, 2014
I find it troubling that we would want to move a military operation, such as the National Guard, to our borders to address unaccompanied minors.
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Yvette Clarke
Democratic · New York

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Clarke expresses concern over military presence at the border for unaccompanied minors.

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