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Elissa Slotkin: “We can't even figure out if [Bill Pulte] has ever handled…”

Featuring: Elissa Slotkin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Michigan

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Sen. Elissa Slotkin responds to New York Times story on Graham Platner

Published | Video Starts at 00:31

As someone who helped start that office, I was one of the first 10 employees when, frankly, under the Bush administration, it was set up. And number one, he has no national security experience. We can't even figure out if [Bill Pulte] has ever handled classified information, if he has a security clearance whatsoever. So he's never dealt with sensitive issues of national security. But number two, much more importantly, is that he has shown in his current job that he has zero qualms … (00:31–00:37)

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Asserts uncertainty about Bill Pulte's experience with classified information and security clearance.

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