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On the recordSeptember 11, 2012
I would assume that we would have a security system at a weapons complex or an enrichment facility that if anybody got within 10 feet of the first fence, alarms would start going off.
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Joe Barton
Republican · Texas

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Barton expresses concern over inadequate security at a sensitive facility.

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