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Jim DeMint: “The first question needs to be, how will it improve security?”

On the recordJanuary 19, 2010
The first question needs to be, how will it improve security?
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Jim DeMint
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Emphasizes the importance of security in changes to Homeland Security.

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