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Tim Kaine: “It is public knowledge that when the Coast Guard interdicts…”

Featuring: Tim Kaine, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Virginia

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Published | Video Starts at 05:16

Here's what we know that I can tell you, because I can't tell you what I know from classified settings. It is. It is public knowledge that when the Coast Guard interdicts ships suspected of drug running, one in four times, there aren't drugs on the ships. So we have a track record of. We interdict, but we're not always right. That is public record. (05:16–05:26)

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Asserts that 25% of Coast Guard interdictions of suspected drug-running ships result in no drugs found.

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