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Blake Farenthold: “I just want to express publicly and on the record my dismay at the dismantling of what I think has been one of the most…”

On the recordSeptember 8, 2014
I just want to express publicly and on the record my dismay at the dismantling of what I think has been one of the most effective oversight and reform tools within the government, the inspector general, as being coopted, and, in my opinion, politicized and misused.

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Farenthold criticizes the politicization of the inspector general's role in government oversight.

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