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Madeleine Dean: A lot of it is fear on the part of the bureaucrats who are supposed to be conducting background checks on these…

On the recordOctober 28, 2019
A lot of it is fear on the part of the bureaucrats who are supposed to be conducting background checks on these individuals. They're afraid to approve anyone.
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Madeleine Dean
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Bureaucratic fear hinders the approval of SIV applicants.

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