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On the recordMarch 9, 2011
So, again, you took 2,000 from criminal, basically, and put that into counterterrorism.
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Lester Johnson
Republican · Wisconsin

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Senator Johnson summarizes the shift of agents from criminal to counterterrorism after 9/11.

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