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Smith, Lamar S. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
THIS IS A GOOD TURNOUT. I RECOGNIZE MYSELF FOR AN OPENING STATEMENT AND THEN THE RANKING MEMBER WILL PROCEED WITH OUR QUESTIONS. AGAIN, WELCOME TO THE...
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| 00:03:37 |
Conyers, John Jr. - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan
THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN SMITH. I JOIN YOU IN DECLARING DIRECTOR MUELLER A TRUE PATRIOT AND ONE COMMITTED TO THE RULE OF LAW AND THE CONSTITUTION. I JOINED...
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| 00:09:27 |
Smith, Lamar S. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
I THANK THE CHAIRMAN. >> OUR ONLY WITNESS IS DIRECTOR ROBERT MUELLER III, WHO HAS HELD THE POSITIONS SINCE SEPTEMBER 2001. HE WAS NOMINATED BY GEORGE...
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| 00:10:46 |
Mueller, Robert S. III - Director
IF YOU WILL PLEASE PROCEED. >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN SMITH AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAR TODAY AND...
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| 00:19:18 |
Smith, Lamar S. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAR HERE TODAY. >> LET ME RECOGNIZE MYSELF FOR SOME QUESTIONS.
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| 00:19:26 |
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I MENTIONED THE FACT THAT FISA IS GOING TO EXPIRE AT END OF THIS YEAR. HOW IMPORTANT IS IT THAT WE CONTINUE THOSE AMENDMENTS AND SHOULD WE
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| 00:19:40 |
Mueller, Robert S. III - Director
SEEK TO IMPROVE THEM IN ANYWAY? BUT >> WE HAVE SEEN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS WITH REGARD TO THE IED THAT TERRORISM SHOULD BE, IS AND SHOULD BE OUR NUMBER...
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| 00:24:31 |
Conyers, John Jr. - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan
RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN SMITH.
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| 00:24:40 |
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WE HAVE THE LEAST THREE POINTS I HAVE MADE IN MY OPENING STATEMENT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO REVIEW WITH YOU. THE OVER CRIMINALIZATION THAT HAS BECOME A CUSTOM...
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| 00:25:53 |
Mueller, Robert S. III - Director
ONE, THE POINT ABOUT OVER INCARCERATION. I BELIEVE THAT ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT WARNS LOOKING AT THE CRIMES FOR WHICH THERE IS INCARCERATION. IT IS...
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| 00:30:20 |
Conyers, John Jr. - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan
MYSELF WITH THE WORDS OF COMPLEMENT'S YOU AND THE RANKING MEMBER SPOKE ON BEHALF OF DIRECTOR MUELLER. YOU
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| 00:30:29 |
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HAVE BEEN AN OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF THE FBI. IT IS GOOD TO HAVE YOU ON THE HILL TODAY. AT YOUR RECENT TESTIMONY ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2013 BUDGET REQUEST,...
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| 00:31:29 |
Mueller, Robert S. III - Director
ACTIONS, MUCH LIKE THE PRESIDENT DID WHAT THE MILITARY? >> THERE AREN'T TOO AREAS WHICH I SHOULD FOCUS ON. THE FIRST IS ON THE 2013 BUDGET THAT HAS GONE...
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| 00:35:29 |
Nadler, Jerrold - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
BILL FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. THIS INCLUDES THE FBI. SOME BELIEVE WE SHOULD NOT BE
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| 00:35:37 |
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ABIDING BY THE FIGURES AGREED TO IN THE BUDGET CONTROL ACT LAST YEAR AND THAT SPENDING SHOULD BE LOWER. WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THERE WAS A DRASTIC CUT...
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| 00:35:50 |
Mueller, Robert S. III - Director
OF 5%? HOW WOULD YOU HANDLE THAT? >> WE WOULD HAVE TO PRIORITIZE. IN MY LENGTHIER STATEMENT THAT I PROVIDED TO THE COMMITTEE, YOU CAN SEE THE VARIOUS...
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| 00:37:56 |
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I HAD SOME INITIAL CONCERNS ABOUT IT INTO AREAS. THE FIRST AREA WAS WITH REGARD TO OUR CONTINUED AUTHORITIES AND THE FINAL PASSAGE RESOLVED THAT CONCERN....
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| 00:41:37 |
Goodlatte, Robert "Bob" - U.S. Representative, [R] Virginia
STATES SHOULD BE INDEFINITELY DETAINED WITHOUT ALL
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| 00:41:41 |
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OF THE RIGHTS OF DUE PROCESS? WHAT IS YOUR INTERPRETATION OF SECTION 1021? >> CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION? >> WHETHER OR NOT YOU AGREE THAT NO UNITED...
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| 00:42:21 |
Mueller, Robert S. III - Director
THE STATUS OF U.S. CITIZENS? >> I HAVE NOT FOCUSED ON THAT ASPECT SO MUCH AS THE OTHER ASPECTS OF THE ACT. I BELIEVE IT AFFIRMS THE PRESIDENT'S AUTHORITY...
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| 00:46:56 |
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PROVISION. IF YOU COULD LOOK AT THAT FOR THEIR RESPONSE TO THE COMMITTEE WITH YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT HOW WE CAN CORRECT THIS PROBLEM AND PROTECT OUR CITIZENS,...
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| 00:47:22 |
Scott, Robert "Bobby" - U.S. Representative, [D] Virginia
THEM. I APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE. A FEW YEARS AGO, ACCORDING TO PUBLISHED ACCOUNTS, THE UNITED
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| 00:47:30 |
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STATES PARTICIPATED IN WATERBOARDING, A PRACTICE FOR WHICH THERE HAS BEEN INTERNATIONAL CONSENSUS THAT IT CONSTITUTES TORTURED. WHAT WAS THE FBI PARTICIPATION...
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| 00:47:51 |
Mueller, Robert S. III - Director
WAS THE FBI NOT PARTICIPATING? >> OUR GUIDELINES, THE GUIDELINES WE ADOPTED SOME YEARS AGO PRECLUDE OUR PARTICIPATION. >> DIDN'T ISSUE AN ORDER FOR THEM...
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| 00:53:15 |
Gohmert, Louis "Louie" B. Jr. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
TWO YEARS. THERE WAS NO OBJECTION TO YOUR HAVING TWO YEARS BECAUSE THEY
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| 00:53:18 |
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PRESENTED IT AT A TIME WHEN NOBODY KNEW THEY WERE GOING TO BE BRINGING YOU BACK, YOUR EXTENSION IN TWO YEARS, SO THERE WAS NOBODY ELSE ON THE FLOOR. IT...
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| 00:58:06 |
Mueller, Robert S. III - Director
THERE. I WILL SAY AT THE OUTSET WE MAKE EVERY EFFORT IN OUR OUTREACH, OUTREACH IN THAT STATEMENT TO THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY ARE AMERICANS, AND THE VAST,...
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| 00:59:38 |
Watt, Melvin - U.S. Representative, [D] North Carolina
FOR BEING HERE. YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT I WAS HERE FOR YOUR TESTIMONY AND THEN LEFT BECAUSE WE HAVE A
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| 00:59:48 |
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HEARING GOING ON IN FINANCIAL SERVICES ON WHICH I ALSO SERVE. I WANT TO SPEND SOME TIME TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE MORTGAGE FRAUD AREA. DURING...
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| 01:02:22 |
Mueller, Robert S. III - Director
I'LL HAVE TO GET YOU FIGURES IN TERMS OF PROSECUTIONS. THERE ARE HAVE BEEN LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF PROSECUTIONS. MANY MULTIMILLION DOLLAR SCAMS THAT HAVE...
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| 01:06:12 |
Mueller, Robert S. III - Director
THERE WAS AN ARREST. >> I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT PLOT HAD BEEN THWARTED AT THE TIME. >> LET ME MOVE QUICKLY TO
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| 01:06:24 |
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FAST AND FURIOUS.
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| 01:06:31 |
Chaffetz, Jason - U.S. Representative, [R] Utah
HAVE YOU EVER SPOKEN WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL HOLDER OR SECRETARY NAPOLITANO ABOUT THE FAST AND FURIOUS CASE? >> I HAVE TO THINK -- CERTAINLY NOT SECRETARY...
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| 01:11:30 |
Lofgren, Zoe - U.S. Representative, [D] California
THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM
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| 01:11:33 |
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CALIFORNIA, MS. LOFGREN, IS RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, AND THANK YOU, MR. DIRECTOR, FOR BEING HERE. YOU HAVE SERVED YOUR COUNTRY WITH TREMENDOUS...
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| 01:13:15 |
Mueller, Robert S. III - Director
WHERE ARE WE ON THIS MUCH AWAITED AND EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE SYSTEM? >> UNFORTUNATELY I AM VERY AWARE OF THAT HISTORY. CAN I TELL YOU THAT IT HAS BEEN ONE...
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| 01:18:33 |
Smith, Lamar S. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
LET ME MAKE SOMETHING
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| 01:18:42 |
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CLEAR BECAUSE I'M A LITTLE BIT PUT OFF BY THAT. THE CHAIRMAN DOES
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| 01:18:52 |
Lofgren, Zoe - U.S. Representative, [D] California
INITIALLY AND OCCASIONAL-L GIVE MEMBERS A FEW EXTRA SECONDS. I DON'T WANT THAT TO NECESSARILY SET A PRECEDENT. IN THIS CASE YOUR TIME HAS FAR EXCEEDED...
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| 01:19:32 |
Gohmert, Louis "Louie" B. Jr. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
IT IS SOMETHING THAT THE F.B.I. MIGHT WISH TO COMMENT ON. >> THAT MIGHT BE FOR ANOTHER TIME. I ALSO NOTICE THAT YOU AND THE DIRECTOR HAVE AGREED TO HAVE...
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| 01:19:42 |
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HAPPY TO DO THAT. >> THE GENTLEMAN FROM ARIZONA, MR. FRANKS, IS RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. MR. DIRECTOR, GLAD YOU'RE HERE, SIR. WITH THAT...
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| 01:23:53 |
Mueller, Robert S. III - Director
THE WAY FORWARD ON THE INDIVIDUALS WHO TRY TO ACCOMMODATE -- AND WILL TRY TO ACCOMMODATE THE COMMITTEE ON THAT. WITH REGARD TO THE MEETING WITH THE...
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| 01:25:22 |
Jackson Lee, Sheila - U.S. Representative, [D] Texas
LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE TRAVELED THIS JOURNEY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND AGAIN I THANK YOU FOR YOUR
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| 01:25:25 |
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WORK AND THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE EVEN IN MY STATE OF TEXAS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE STATEMENT. OUR SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE ARE VERY IMPORTANT AND...
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| 01:27:08 |
Mueller, Robert S. III - Director
THE STATUTE DIRECTED THE PRESIDENT TO DEVELOP PROCEDURES THAT WOULD ASSURE CONTINUITY OF INVESTIGATION, CONTINUITY OF INTERROGATION AND LIKE IN THAT CIRCUMSTANCE....
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| 01:32:28 |
Gallegly, Elton - U.S. Representative, [R] California
WITHOUT OBJECTION. THE GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA IS RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN. IN THE INTEREST OF TIME I WANT TO WELCOME YOU FIRST...
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| 01:32:41 |
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MUELLER, I MISS OUR REGULAR MEETINGS IN THE EIGHT YEARS I SERVED ON THEIT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU BACK. WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO WITH THE COMMITTEE'S CONCURRENCE...
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| 01:34:15 |
Mueller, Robert S. III - Director
TO COME ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST BORDER. ON THE OTHER HAND, WHEN YOU OPEN THE QUESTION UP TO OTHER TERRORIST GROUPS I WOULD SAY THAT WE HAVE A CONTINUING...
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| 01:39:19 |
Waters, Maxine - U.S. Representative, [D] California
SOMETIMES WE DON'T MAKE IT ANY EASIER FOR YOU BUT I'M PLEASED THAT YOU'RE HERE. INTERESTED
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| 01:39:28 |
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IN. DIVERSITY WITH RESPECT TO AGENTS. AS YOU KNOW THIS QUESTION HAS COME UP MANY TIMES. IT APPEARS YOU STILL ONLY HAVEI WANT TO KNOW WHY YOU HAVEN'T...
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| 01:42:52 |
Mueller, Robert S. III - Director
WE HAVE -- YES, WE HAVE DOMAIN MANAGERS. WE HAVE A PROGRAM THAT REQUIRES OUR INTELLIGENCE ANALYSTS WHO IDENTIFY A THREAT IN A PARTICULAR AREA, AND AN...
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| 01:45:21 |
King, Steven "Steve" - U.S. Representative, [R] Iowa
REPORT, TYPICAL CRIME VICTIM'S REPORT
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IT -- REPORT, AND ITS HAS ON IT THE CATEGORIES OF AGE, SKEARBLE ATTAINMENT -- EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, SCHOOL, ETC., RACE, ETHNICITY, ALL CATEGORIES...
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| 01:46:29 |
Mueller, Robert S. III - Director
WHY THAT IS. I KNOW -- WELL, I ASSUME WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS TAKE THAT INFORMATION, WHERE THAT INFORMATION IS RELEVANT, PARTICULAR VIOLATION OF LAW. BUT...
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| 01:51:07 |
Pierluisi, Pedro R. - Resident Commissioner, [D] Puerto Rico
JOBS, WHICH YOU PERFORM WITH GREAT SKILL. DIRECTOR, I WOULD
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| 01:51:16 |
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LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE DRUG-RELATED VIOLENCE THAT WE ARE SEEING IN PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND TO EXPRESS MY RESPECTFUL BUT STRONG...
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| 01:55:23 |
Mueller, Robert S. III - Director
AT LEAST BRIEFLY. >> THERE MAY BE THREE ASPECTS THAT I NEED TO ADDRESS. ONE IS THE DRUG TRAFFICKING IN THE RESULTS OF DEA. THE THIRD IS THE HOMICIDE RATE....
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| 01:56:47 |
Waters, Maxine - U.S. Representative, [D] California
FROM CALIFORNIA IS RECOGNIZED. >> WITHOUT OBJECTION. IT THE GENTLEMAN FROM SOUTH CAROLINA IS RECOGNIZED. >> BECAUSE OF THIS EXEMPLARY SERVICE, I AM GOING...
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| 01:57:20 |
Lungren, Daniel "Dan" E. - U.S. Representative, [R] California
ITI WAS RECALLING AS A KID GROWING UP, ONE OF THE STARTS WAS A HALFBACK. HE WAS THE HIGHLY RECRUITED PLAYER AT THE TIME. I THINK HE HAD TO WONDER
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| 01:57:37 |
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SCHOLARSHIP OFFERS. HE WAS IN THE FIRST CLASS OF FBI AGENTS WHICH INCLUDED BLACKS. ALWAYS REMEMBER THIS. THE FBI CAN DO BETTER AS WAS SUGGESTED. AS A...
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| 01:59:49 |
Mueller, Robert S. III - Director
THIS PERSON IS GOING TO THE PROCESS AT THIS JUNCTURE. I APPRECIATE THAT. TED STEVENS DIED IN A PLANE AT SOME TIME AGO. HE WAS DEFEATED IN THIS ELECTION...
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| 02:03:04 |
Gowdy, Trey - U.S. Representative, [R] South Carolina
I WANT TO START BY THANKING ME FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY AS A DIRECTOR OF THE
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| 02:03:12 |
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BUREAU. AS I DID LAST TIME, I WANT TO COMPLEMENT THE AGENTS. THEY ARE ALWAYS EXTREMELY WELL- PREPARED. THEY ARE PROFESSIONAL. IF YOU EVER HAVE A CHANCE...
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| 02:06:34 |
Mueller, Robert S. III - Director
WITH EACH SUCCESSFUL PROSECUTION THERE'LL BE AN ARTICLE IN THE PAPER. WE COULD DO A BETTER JOB OF PUSHING GATHER THE FULL PORTRAIT. THIS IS A GOOD SUGGESTION...
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| 02:08:57 |
Smith, Lamar S. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
WE APPRECIATE YOUR TESTIMONY. SEVERAL MEMBERS HAVE ASKED TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE. I AM SURE THAT WILL BE ABLE TO BE ACCOMPLISHED. WE'LL CONTINUE TO BE IN...
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