"And if we make the process political, if we start to make it personal, we're actually going to frustrate good public policy, in terms of managing this money."

Michael Chertoff, American Civil Servant

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"And if we make the process political, if we start to make it personal, we're actually going to frustrate good public policy, in terms of managing this money."

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