Lindsey Graham: “Call me old-fashioned, but I think that's the number one job of the…”

On the recordFebruary 26, 2014

Call me old-fashioned, but I think that's the number one job of the Federal Government.

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Republican · South Carolina

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Graham asserts that national security is the primary responsibility of the government.

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Lindsey Graham: “Call me old-fashioned, but I think that's the number one job of the Federal Government.”