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SEN. KLOBUCHAR SAYS INNOCENT TRAVELERS SHOULD NOT BE STUCK ON TERRORIST WATCH LIST
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August 5, 2008
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The office of Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., has issued the following news release:
Every day, thousands of American travelers experience delays and other inconveniences because their names are mistakenly flagged by U.S. Department of Homeland Security?s Terrorist Screening Database (commonly known as the terrorist watch list).
U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar held a news conference today to announce federal legislation that she is introducing, along with Senator John Thune (R-SD), to require the Department of Homeland Security to establish a ?one-stop shop? to make it quicker and easier for innocent Americans to get their names cleared from the terrorist watch list.
At the news conference, ...
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