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Jeff Sessions: “Flag ships of the United States of America have a right to sail in the high seas, and we have a governmental duty, do we…”

On the recordMay 4, 2009
Flag ships of the United States of America have a right to sail in the high seas, and we have a governmental duty, do we not, Admiral, to protect American flag ships on the high seas?
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Jeff Sessions
Republican · Alabama

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Sessions asserts the U.S. government's duty to protect American ships.

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