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Tim Kaine: “If these distribution networks can bring drugs here, they could bring human trafficking. They could potentially get…”

On the recordMarch 8, 2017
If these distribution networks can bring drugs here, they could bring human trafficking. They could potentially get people in the United States, terrorists in the United States. They could bring weapons of mass destruction, biological agents.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

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Kaine warns about the broader threats posed by drug trafficking networks.

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