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Jeff Sessions: “It is a lot easier to be vigorous and outspoken. But it is different as you begin to think about the awesome…”

On the recordJanuary 9, 2017
It is a lot easier to be vigorous and outspoken. But it is different as you begin to think about the awesome responsibility of serving as an Attorney General.
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Jeff Sessions
Republican · Alabama

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Sessions reflected on the difference between being a senator and the responsibilities of the Attorney General.

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