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Beto O'Rourke: “I would submit, sir, that the real metric that the United States needs to be measuring is not how much we are seizing…”

On the recordNovember 18, 2013
I would submit, sir, that the real metric that the United States needs to be measuring is not how much we are seizing, but what is the impact to organized crime of that that we do seize?
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Beto O'Rourke
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

O'Rourke emphasizes the importance of measuring the impact of drug seizures on organized crime.

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