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On the recordNovember 19, 2013
I guess, just give me a sense of whether ODNI is tackling this issue of declassification and trying to ensure that we have the classification of materials, but do not over classify.
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Rob Portman
Republican · Ohio
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Portman questions ODNI's efforts on declassification and overclassification of materials.

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