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On the recordMay 8, 2013
The homeland security system we must acknowledge that we built after 9/11 to protect the American people from terrorist attacks failed to stop the Tsarnaev brothers.
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Mike McCaul
Republican · Texas

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McCaul acknowledges failures in the homeland security system post-9/11.

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