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Mazie Hirono: “The executive assistant directors in charge of the FBI's…”

Featuring: Mazie Hirono, Democratic | U.S. Senate Hawaii

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The FBI is the nation's lead federal law enforcement agency for investigating and preventing acts of domestic and international terrorism. And yet The executive assistant directors in charge of the FBI's National Security and intelligence branches were both forced out at the beginning of the year. Who replaced them in those positions? Excellent. Qualified personnel to lead the mission of arresting 23,000 violent criminals this year alone. That's twice as many as before the places. (04:04–04:15)

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