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On the recordDecember 16, 2015
We can either tell the American people that our process and our systems are flawed, and that we have missed information that is otherwise available, or we can just tell our fellow citizens, we missed nothing.
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Trey Gowdy
Republican · South Carolina

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Gowdy highlights the unacceptable options regarding the government's accountability for security failures.

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