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Jack Reed: “So I only can assume that you, in fact, used the term 'deterrent' and did not object to it and feel that is the…”

On the recordJuly 18, 2018
So I only can assume that you, in fact, used the term 'deterrent' and did not object to it and feel that is the appropriate policy consideration.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Reed questions Kraninger's views on using deterrents for border policy.

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