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Summer Lee: “This is not necessarily a hearing only on Mumbai. It is asking the serious question of, how do we protect the Nation's…”

On the recordMarch 10, 2009
This is not necessarily a hearing only on Mumbai. It is asking the serious question of, how do we protect the Nation's infrastructure.
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Sheila Jackson Lee discusses broader implications of the hearing beyond the Mumbai attacks.

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