"Burns stated that "We've got to remember that the people who first hit us in 9/11 entered this country through Canada.""
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December 21, 2005 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38816-2005Apr8.html — This claim, which is false and is directly contradicted by the findings of the 9/11 Commission, drew criticism from those questioning Burns' grasp of domestic security. Canadian ambassador Frank McKenna demanded an apology from Burns.
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Conrad Burns
Conrad Ray Burns (January 25, 1935 – April 28, 2016) served three terms in the United States Senate from Montana. He was only the second Republican to represent Montana in the Senate since the 1913 passage of the Seventeenth Amendment. Despite promises to serve only two terms, he was the longest-serving Republican senator in Montana history.
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