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House Committee Approves Homeland Security Bills

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2016

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House Committee Approves Homeland Security Bills

After a prolonged and intense exchange of differences between Republicans and Democrats over a bill requiring the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to include testimonials of former terrorists in its counterterrorism messaging strategy, a House committee on Wednesday approved seven bills including ones dealing with aviation and border security.The contested two-page Combating Terrorist Recruitment Act of 2016 (H.R. 4820) calls for DHS to include “public testimonials of former or estranged violent extremists or their associates, including friends and family” into…

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