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Michael Fitzpatrick: “Are we doing enough at Treasury, the United States, our intelligence agencies, to determine who the middlemen are that…”

On the recordNovember 12, 2014
Are we doing enough at Treasury, the United States, our intelligence agencies, to determine who the middlemen are that are purchasing oil at $30 a barrel?
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Michael Fitzpatrick
Pennsylvania

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Fitzpatrick raises concerns about tracking illicit oil purchases.

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