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Ideas: Klobuchar on Protecting America

MVP-endorsed US Senate candidate Amy Klobuchar, running against Rep. Mark Kennedy, just released her plan to help protect Minnesota and the rest of the country against threats. From the local Strib:

DFL U.S. Senate candidate Amy Klobuchar on Thursday proposed spending as much as $8 billion to improve homeland security and further protect the country’s ports, borders and infrastructure. [...]

Klobuchar said she would push to inspect every container that passes through U.S. ports, just as luggage is inspected at airports around the county. Currently, she said, only about 6 percent of the 9 million containers that pass through U.S. ports each year are inspected.

Klobuchar also said she would urge increased inspections and regulation at agricultural and chemical plants around the country. She said special attention should be paid to the roughly 3,000 chemical plants in the United States that are near populations of 10,000 or more.

Klobuchar’s plan has drawn praise, and she was recently endorsed by the Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association and the International Association of Fire Fighters—the two largest police and firefighters organizations in the state.