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On the recordAugust 19, 2009
The Department of Homeland Security itself was politicized, which used by the Republicans to track down Democratic members of the Texas legislature when they walked out of the legislature trying to block a Tom DeLay redistricting deal.
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Paul Begala
Democratic · Texas

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Begala discusses the politicization of the Department of Homeland Security under the Bush administration.

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