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On the recordFebruary 4, 2015
So, the question--so, under the laws of war, a person who's an unlawful--who is a prisoner of war can be detained until the conflict is over, on the general principles of war.
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Jeff Sessions
Republican · Alabama

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Sessions discusses the detention of prisoners of war under the laws of war.

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