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On the recordFebruary 16, 2012
DHS had the Secure Border Initiative network. I know that is a long-term--that is not your favorite project to talk about because it was this long-term project that ended up spending a billion dollars and then getting folded down and saying, 'This didn't work,' on it.
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

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Lankford discusses the failures of the Secure Border Initiative project.

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