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On the recordApril 24, 2013
I am still impressed at how quickly things came together and how we were able to either capture or kill--and I don't like the terminology, but it speaks to what we are capable of doing--within a very short period of time persons who committed a dastardly deed.
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Al Green
Democratic · Texas

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Green praises the rapid response to a terrorist incident.

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