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On the recordNovember 18, 2015
Senator, to me, there is a risk associated with bringing anybody in from the outside, but especially from a conflict zone like that. My concern there is that there are certain gaps, I do not want to talk about publicly, in the data that is available to us.
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

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FBI Director Comey expressed concerns about risks in refugee admissions from conflict zones.

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