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Smitherman Focuses on Border Security in First TV Ad

In the first television ad of his campaign for attorney general, Texas Railroad Commission Chairman Barry Smitherman focuses on the issue of border security.

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In the first television ad of his campaign for attorney general, Texas Railroad Commission Chairman Barry Smitherman focuses on border security.

The ad looks at border security "and prosecution of crime along the border because that will be one of my top priorities as the next Attorney General," Smitherman said in a statement. 

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