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Tom Coburn: “We have spent $2.9 billion on the Port Security Grant Program with no metrics to measure whether or not we have actually…”

On the recordJune 3, 2014
We have spent $2.9 billion on the Port Security Grant Program with no metrics to measure whether or not we have actually improved our security.
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Tom Coburn
Republican · Oklahoma

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Criticizing lack of accountability in port security spending.

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