Let me say that today's hearing has been a great Congressional theater, certainly the equivalent of reality television.
Yvette Clarke: “Let me say that today's hearing has been a great Congressional theater, certainly the equivalent of reality television.”
On the recordMarch 9, 2011
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Clarke criticizes the hearing's lack of substantive discussion on terrorism definitions.
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