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On the recordOctober 17, 2010
I suspect that they won't start up again. They're just doing a lot of talk at this point. They are, unfortunately, the Mexican side of the board are places where the law enforcement is corrupt and incompetent.
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Ted Poe
Republican · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Congressman Poe expresses skepticism about the resumption of the search for David Hartley's body and criticizes the corruption and incompetence of Mexican law enforcement.

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