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Tom Coburn: “The political reality is the American people want to know the border is controlled, and when we say 90 percent it is…”

On the recordMarch 13, 2013
The political reality is the American people want to know the border is controlled, and when we say 90 percent it is controlled, they are saying, well, that means 10 percent of it is not.
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Tom Coburn
Republican · Oklahoma

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Coburn highlights public skepticism about the 90 percent border control claim.

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