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On the recordMay 19, 2009
I was somewhat disturbed that the Attorney General came in here and I asked him what he thought terrorism was and he could not give me an answer.
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Ted Poe
Republican · Texas

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Poe expresses concern over the Attorney General's inability to define terrorism.

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