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On the recordFebruary 8, 2012
Yet, under the NGB's new Threat-Based Resourcing Model (TBRM), interdiction comprises less than 25 percent of the weighted variables that are used for distributing funding to the States.
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John Cornyn
Republican · Texas

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Cornyn criticizes the funding allocation for drug interdiction efforts.

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