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On the recordJuly 5, 2016
wouldn't it be ironic if our own State Department is not able to do that to fight terrorism?
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Rob Portman
Republican · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Portman points out the irony of the State Department's limitations in countering terrorism.

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