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On the recordMarch 18, 2013
Do you think maybe if you would have started planning sometime before this year--you had 20 months to get ready for it--do you think maybe we would not have to release 2,228 detainees, 629 who were criminals, 8 who were level 1 felons?
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Jim Jordan
Republican · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Jordan questions planning decisions leading to the release of felons.

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